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What has two legs, hangs out on street 
corners, panhandles, sells dope, says 
"That's cool, man", is apolitical , dull- 
historical , a nil -intellectual, and Just 
wants to get fucked-up and have a good 
time? A Hippie? Nope, a punk I Outside 
of the differences in appearance -sub- 
stitute boots for sandals, chains for 
love beads, no hair for long hair, etc. 
-the only way you can tell the differ- 
ence is that most hi pples passively en- 
brace certain values , and most punks are 
vehement about them. This, of course, 
is a gross generalization, but It does 
seem that the values of both counter- 
cultures have more In common now than 
not. If being political Is out .and hav- 
ing fun Is In, what's the dlf? 

Originally, there were many types in- 
volved with the 60's counter-culture: 
cultural radicals, politlcos, poets, 
dreamers, walking wounded, hustlers, 
etc. Eventually, one strain became the 
most prevalent - the apolitical pctlt- 
bourgeolse. They were anti-1 ntel lectuals 
who rejected the past, claiming that 
there was nothing to learn from it; who 
advocated one emotion (in this case, 
love); who pushed the "do-your-own-thi nil 
line. And that's exact ly what they did, 
becoming self-indulgent. Isolated from 
reality, and decimated by drugs , cults, 
and greedl ness. Many became small busi- 
nessmen, the "hipeolse". They left so- 
ciety alone, but eventually Imitated all 
the aspects they once re jecled . And that 
led to their eventual i ncorporation I nto 
the mainstream. The threat was coopted. 
When punk came along, It was largely 
a rejection of the fai lures of the 60's 
kids. Punks were going to be different-, 
confrontational. Once again, it was a 
mixture of types -rebels left over from 
the 60's, young cynics, political punks, 
fun-seekers, etc. But as time passes, 
certain stral ns are agai n becoming pre- 
valent and, as In the 60's, it Is the 
anti-Intellectuals, the rejectors of 
history, the advocates of one emotion 
("hate", this time), and the embracers 
of "do-your-own-thlng" that preval 1 . II 
Is frighten! no, to sec how rapidly hi story 
is I ndeed repeat! ng i tsel f for those who 
do not care Lo learn from the mistakes 
of Lhe much-abused HI ppi e ; how close to 
mainstream bourgcoise values of Self 
they are moving; how lur ned-of f lo pol I- . 
tics they are. The cooption is well under 

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The only thi ng that threatens a society 

based on dlvldi ng and conquer i ng— pi ttl ng 
sex against sex, race agai list race , sub- 
culture agai nst subcul lure— 1 s uni ty . If 
the system stresses antl -Intel leclual - 
ism, then we must become intellectuals. 
If it stresses isolation and ignorance 
of each other, then we must learn to 
trust. If it stresses individualism, we 
must collect ourselves. If It stresses 
blind respect for authority, we must only 
give respect to those who earn It. If 
punk Is to be a threat, different from. 
society, then any so-called punk who 
flirts with racism and sexism, proudly 
displays Ignorance, resorts to physical 



violence and Is afraid of knowledge or 
political action, Is not a threat at 
all, but has gone over to the enemy . Punk 
was originally a mimicry, a satire of 
the disturbing nature of Western cul- 
ture. But it threatens to become more 
and more a re-enactment of those same 
values and thereby cross over the line 
from rejection to concealed acceptance, 
however well-dlsgul sed 1 1 may be by mo- 
hawks, shaved heads, leather, etc. 

Of course, a rebellious counter-cul- 
ture Isn't an organized pol i I ical move- 
ment with one set of "acceptable" Ideas, 
but rather a mixture of values under one 
banner. Unfortunately, in a basically 
illiterate society such as- ours, music 
•Is one of the only ways new ideas get 
disseminated, and it Is within this 
sphere that the real battles for minds 
are being fought. Will the reactionary 
mentality of the mainstream culture find 
a reincarnation within punk (there are 
a few bands that already exemplify that 
Idiocy), or will punk become a true al- 
ternative? Tt is the ideas behind Lhe 
music, the dress, the '/Ines that are 
Important, not the leather-c 1 ad bands 
and -haircuts. If we reach that point, 
then the hat 11 c is 1 ost , and we will have 
the next f orm of mass -enter t a i nmenl . it 
is on these pr 1 nc i pi es thai Maximum HnR 
Is dedicated. 



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LETTERS 



Dear Readers, 

The reason we have a letters column is 
so you can have a place to tell us your 
prohlems, Ideas, vendettas, gossip, etc. 
This is your scene, so get involved. 
Write a lot of letters so I will have 
somethingtodo and I won't have to stay 
stay at home and watch General Hospital 
and Leave it to Beaver. 




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To the Readers of Maximum R'n'R: 

You might not be very concerned about 
what is happeni ng I n the Falklands right 
how, but I think that you should pay at- 
tention because 1 f thi s small war esca- 
lates, Reagan mighty decide to send us 
draft-age people down there to help our 
British friends. 

1 was surprised to find that some punks 
thi nk that Bri tai n is a fine country and 
that Its right In tryinqtowin back the 
islands. After all, England gave us the 
Pistols, Sham, Oi , etc. , right? Well , if 
you haven't noticed , most Bri ti sh bands 
are opposed to their country's govern- 
ment. But a lot of people I talked with 
still thought Argent ina was wrong I n in- 
vading the Islands. 

One reason that justified the Invasion 
by the Argentines is that Britain did 
almost the exact same th"lng about 150 
years ago. Britain had control of the 
islands until 1774, whenit withdrew from 
them and gave them to Spain. The Span- 
ish abandoned the Islands in 1811, and 
the Argentl nes took control i n 1829. But 
in 1833, England decided that 1 t wanted 
the Falklands back and forcibly removed 
the Argentine settlers. At that time, 
Argentina couldn't compete with the Eng- 
II sh navy, so there was nothing they 
could do about the takeover. 

The mal n reason supporting Argentina's 
I nvasion wi 11 appeal to most anarchists 
andtoanyonewhodon't likewar -Britain 
Is an imperialist country, just like the 
U.S. and Russia. These governments are 
always trying to increase their wealth 
and territories (right now they're bick- 
ering about how to carve up Antarctica). 
When countries wi Ih thi s type of govern- 
ment get bi g enough , they have plenty of 
money (from taxes) for bombs and large 
armies. That Is what has brought this 
world to Its present state -bigcouritrles 
with money enough to have a contest to 
see which one have the most destructive 
force. But if all the small countries 
(like Argentina) weretoinvade the big 
count r'les' territories little by little, 
soon there would no longer by any big 
countries, only small oneswithout money 
enouqh to make big destructive mechan- 
isms. And therewouldbe a lot less wars, 
or at least less bloody ones. When the 
Issues are considered, I think most punks 
would probably be on Argentina's side. 



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Even though Argentina's motivations In 
invadi ng were the same as Bri tal n ' s when 
it invaded In 1833, If Argenti na had the 
Falklands, there would be one less mili- 
tarily strategic place In the hands of 
the global superpowers. 

Casey Beer 

of the Afflicted 



This crisis is not over. 
Can you name any of the 
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You, yes you! 

I hate new blood coming Into the scene 
tainted with the old morays of commer- 
cial society. lln/.ik controlled minds 
unwittingly forcing the values of cor- 
porations and corporate vomit in the 
guise of heavy metal (hangHowie Klein), 
rock and roll per se, poseurs and Ha'lght- 
Tr.ishbury fallout. There -ire those who 
truly don't care fop themselves or oth- 
ers, misfits and outcasts, - castes, 
-siders. These are trul y those that the 
seine needs. 

I hate the media and the mind control 
for which It stands. I hate I ts stereo- 
typing punks as somebody you would meet 
at the Old Waldorf on Metal Monday or 
at the Stone any night. 

I hate Patriotism, Communism, Capi- 
talism, Catholicism, Protestantism, 3u- 
dalsm. Socialism, Democracy, Totalitar- 
ianism, Monarchies, Sent imentallsm, and 
all other -Isms and -c ies and un- ' s and 
suffixes and prefixes that move our minds 
on an Orwel llan chessboard with that sham 
of a language. 

I hate groups and cliques. 

I hate the pigs and dogs and sheep 
iind rats and puppets and mannequins and 
clones that populate the world, thinly 
disguised as human beings. 

I hate refugees from the seventies, 
burn outs from the sixties and other 
hangers-on and dingers to lost causes. 
I hate their ability to breed and flood 
the gene-pool with mass produced replicas 
of themselves. I hate lost catises such 
as El Salvador and nuclear dis-armament. 
They feel as if marching from' Union 
Square to the Civic Center will cure 
cancer, end unemployment, etc. Politics 
and power mate with each other to pro- 
duce the mass societal bureaucracy. Ha. 

I hate the breakdown over which I tot- 
ter each nl gh t . 

1 long for the utter collapse of this 
so-called ci vi 1 i / <i I i on so I might vent 
my rage upon 1 1 i n f ul I force . I ao Omega M 

I hate society, society that has made 
me an idiot! Society Lhat has made me 

madman. I hate the middle class, the 
upper class, the lower class and class 
and classes of all types. 1 hate their 
forcing their values upon me. 

I hate not having a phone so I may not 
try to ram my values down their throats 
for a change. 

I hate a world that has stripped me 
of many emotions, save lust and hate. 
Stripped or burned, what does it mat- 
ter? 

I hate God, and the simplistic comfort 
he affords the masses, suck! ng the mi nds 
from his worshippers as they suck the 
semen from his holy genitalia. 

I write this on money and pass it in 
all the stores and BART stations as I 
can, hoping someone will read this. 

I hate hope, it is the ultimate sado- 
masochism besides religion. 

Hate! Hate! Hate! Their god cannot 
save them, their government cannot pro- 
tect them! 

The system shall destroy itself, an- 
archy shall reign. 

I hate sunset rockers who think an 
encircled A means acid. I hate the San 
3oaquin Valley. 

I hate grafitti being washed off 
»alls. Art being washed off the wa 



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Dada, anarchy of thought and action, 
what Is left? Nil, null, void. The stark 
greyness of conformity. I hate conform- 
ity. I hate redundancy. I hate pot. I 
hate the lack of new obscenities with 
which to express myself. 

P.S. I hate sportscasters . I hate Bank 
of America! I hate mass produced music 
for mass produced minds. I hate new ro- 
mantics. I hate baseball. I hate Shirley 
MacLalne. I hate publishers who reject 
my genius, I hate not finding people to 
work with me. I have tons of material. 
I hate weekend warriors. I hate money. 
I hate the poverty trance. I hate danc- 
ing to the poverty trance. Itsmuzak is 
the clink of coinbags over the shoulders 
of congressmen's corporate cronies. 
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You have problems. Get a girlfriend. 
Blow up Howie Klein's car. Or go see a 
shrink. 



Max imum Rock Haq , 

Totally glad to hear you guys <jre put- 
ting out this mag. Hope It's as good as 
the radio sh<.w . Should be, cos you won't 
have to put up with Tim's laughing, ha 
ha. I'm grounded, being held prisoner 
at home, so your mag l,s one of the few 
things I look forward to. No shows, no 
parties, no nothing cos I didn't kiss 
ass to my' fascist Biology teacher. The 
whole fuckln school system operates on 
fear. Cotta know the answer when the 
teacher calls on you, or have him make 
as ass out of you. Cotta turn in your 
assignments by a deadline or it's an F. 
Then they make sure your folks find out 
so they can set you straight. They get 
you to kiss their ass by saying good 
grades will make you a leader or some 
fuckln money hungry professional or at 
least a no name in the working class. 
But if you fuck up then you are doomed 
to be a slave of poverty. Learning a- 
bout what's really going on around you 
and being an open minded individual is 
not what they're concerned about; they 
just want to keep you quiet and obedi- 
ent . Since authority in school is main- 
tained by those outside your family 
(whose author I ty you mostly accept since 
it's been exercised since birth), the 
teacher, who you don't know personally, 
is training you to respect an authority 
which is total ly a stranger to you: the 
fucking government. That's why we have 
student body governments, to get us 
ready for the fact that our equals, 
even basically equal in age, will be our 
masters. This democracy bullshit is 
based on majority ruleandmajority con- 
sent which means minority slaves and mi- 
nority dependence on decisions made from 
"up there". Our learning process not 
only prepares us for this shit, but we 
have no vote and this fucking school 
system exists without: any of our con- 
sent. Sure, you can always quit school, 
but how easy to find a job without a 
piece of paper saying you've passed gov- 
ernment standard's? Nut hey! You can al- 
ways join the Army! 

Hark Sistbull 
Nobody rules o.k.! 
P.S. Try and qet interviews with the 
Fartz & MDC. 

Dear Tim and the Gang, 

We have seen a few "scenes" (Boston, 
L.A., New York), andlfyou think about 
It-, we really have the best. The scene's 
small enough so you can get to k now peo- 
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a gig. Lot'sa bands come through S.F. 
and there are some really great new local 
bands star tl ng up all the time -like Bad 
Posture, Deadly Reign, 3uvl nel justice , 
Intensified Chaos, Free Beer, etc. 
Now to address a few problems. 

1) Violence- Yeah, It's fun tothr ash, 
but that Is what It should be -fun. It 
should not lead to needless violence. A 
Tot of the fighting that goes onls petty 
and stupid. It also seems that people 
go to shows looking for any excuse to 
fight. Fighting will not put an end to 
your problems. A lot of younger kids will 
real ly get hurt one of these days If they 
don't learnto solve their arguments wl th 
words rather than blows. Find out the 
source of your frustration and deal with 
it direct ly , don' t try to put It on some- 
one else's shoulders. 

2) Vandalism- If we want to keep the 
few clubs that we have open, the point- 
less vandalism will have to stop; other- 
wise we'll end up just like L.A., down 
the tube. 

If you find It physically necessary 
to grafltti, do it where it won't pre- 
vent another show from happening. Leave 
the surrounding area alone. We almost 
lost a new club -Ruthle's Inn -because 
of the damage done to a nearby church 
and broken wl ndows of bul ldl ngs near the 
parking lot. This also raises security 
prices and, therefore, ticket prices. 

3) Attitude- Hardcore Is Inthemlnd, 
not 1 n the dress; It's an attitude, not 
a fashion. We've seen too many people 
raqged on for not dressing cool. There 
are people out there who are not punks, 
but have the same values. Is there a 
uniform or dress code that one must ad- 
here to In order to be accepted? 

Punk was supposed to be a movement of 
rebellion against a system that sucks. 
Now It is hollow minded, cliquish, un- 
directed, fashion oriented... If any- 
thing Is to be accomplished, there needs 
to be some ser I ous awakening to what Is 
goi ng on , wha t ' 5 wrong. We need some co- 
herence to get something done. 

There .ire concrete things to rebel a- 
gainst. It seems that people jump on the 
b.indwjgon and say "I'm punk, I'm cool, 
fuck you." Well , the stdte of America's 
pretty bad. This Is no democracy; the 
American way Is a farce. For Christ's 
sake, the U.S. government is not repre- 
sentative. It's a fucking oligarchy, run 
by a few corporate executives who can 
pump billions of dollars into Capitol 
Hill and get anything they want accom- 
plished. Their goal Is profit; tlieycould 
not give a damn about the people. They 
want a war In order to fill their pock- 
ets. The DK'ssongon the Wargasm LP Is 
scary because It Is true. Every thi ng 
3ello says can happen NOW. The people 
either can't comprehend or Ignore what 
would happen if Reagan did push that 
button (which by the way is never more 
than a few yards from him in a brief- 
case). The FBI and CI A have I nf 11 trated 
every radical group 1 n America . Any ac- 
quaintance of yours could be an FBI a- 
gent. Your phone could be tapped. All 
the activities of the FBI and CIA that 
have been exposed since the Freedom of 
Information Act are still going on. The 
CIA is even 11 nked wl th the Mafia . This 
government Is corrupt to the core' and 
the majority of Americans choose to ig- 
nore it. Don't you Ignore It -we could 
have power -use your ml nd. If you're old 
enough , register to vote and make sure 
of ivhat you're yotl ng for. 

The message here is -yes, there are a 
lot of concrete prob I ems . Let ' s do some- 
thing about it - THINK - please. 

Lynn and Michelle 



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P.S. Welcome MDC . 

P.P.S. Bye Ziggy. We'll miss ya ! 

Michelle and Lynn 

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Dear "Tim and The Gang": 

To Introduce myself, I am a 17 year 
old skateboarder. Skate punks shred! I 
im temporarily living in San Francisco, 
tint in .1 couple months in- so, have to 
ship my butt back down to ModcS'to . . . oh 
i'uek...for reasons I'll not go into or 
bore you with. I've hecu listening to 
vour show for quite awhi le and It even 
reaches Modesto, believ it or noil It's 
rra I ly great en? I can keep in touch with 
mall ty while I i vi ng in that blasted lame 
valley. Mainstream Moral Majority rules 
'here, no question. It Micks, but I do 
make It up for shows and stiiTf . So wh I le 
I'm livlngupherc forlhemeantlmei I'm 
r. illy getting a load of the Bay Area 
scene and making the most of It while I 
'■"i, going ii) every show I can. Back In 
t 1 "' valley Uiore Is life. hut I think 
our group of five people is all there 
Is. We h.ivr a garage band and we ' ve been 
together .ibout ?} years. The first punk 
band ever to come out of Modesto I'd be 
willing ! •> venture. If you must pin la- 
bels, we're a hardcore thrash band. We 
have 5 members: vocalist, Kris Korrup- 
li on ; gul ! ar'i si , Kei th ; other guitarist, 
Paul; bassist, Runny Ripper,, and the 
drummer which i s me , Melissa. Our ages 
range from 17 to 23. We do not have a 
demo tape or "•') I h I ng else, sorry to say. 
We Irieil recording on the bare minimum 
shit we have, and it ended up sounding 
like a garbage di sposal wi th a few words 
thrown In. We played once for a school 
talent show, but we had no more gotten 
through the rirst song -"Capital Hi 11 "- 
than the school officials got massively 
upset and threw us out. It was a riot! 
Violent Riot is the n.ime of our band, 
by the way. None of the students appre- 
ciated our eff or t s cither . They ' re m i nils 
are all locked, back .it Woodstock with 
their heads up I hei r ass . We' ve all been 
Into punk fur .ibout 3( years. We all know 
Modesto ivln'l the place to be for that 
scene. There are MO clubs , NO bands , MO 
I'.iii/i nes. Absolutely ilOTHT NC ha 1 fway 
alternative comes out of Modesto tli.lt 
we know of. Anil wc know a lot, having 
lived, or exlsled rather, there for I 
lyo.irs. Before I li.it. I lived in I. . A . The 
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L.A. over S.F. except for the matter of 
the cops aka Coon Sguad. They're really 
heavy down in L.A. S.F. and the entire 
Bay Area is much looser and out of the 
heat than L.A. for sure. But the L.A. 
punks, as individuals, are much closer 
and friendlier than the punks in the Bay 
Area. S.F. seems much more cliquey and 
snobby than L.A. Why is this? I've no- 
ticed the Bay Area scene has more apa- 
thetic attitudes than L.A. Apathy kills, 
remember. Yeah! Maybe I'm wrong about 
this, but that's just the way it seems 
tome.I am, however, open for criticism 
on the subject. I Just see a lot more 
individual ideals and opinions exchanged 
in the L.A. area. Everybody seems to know 
everybody else and newcomers to the scene 
are welcomed, and at the first gig I went 
to, which was at the Whiskey, I met gobs 
of people. At my first, second and third 
in S.F. I met absolutely nobody. I'll 
take that back, I met one guy, but that 
Is the extent of my social connect ions . 
I Introduced myself to one girl and she 
stared at me as if I had leprosy ! What ' s 
wrong with you Bay Area punks anyway? 
Stuck up or what!? I thought you were 
supposed to be against all that cliquey 
snobbery but I guess I was wrong. 

It seems to me that a lot of people a* 
voeate dropping out of school and that 
it's the cool thing to do. This Is ri- 
diculous. I think that you can get alot 
out of the educational system that we 
have, .is lacking as it Is, and not put 
up -.iith the qeneral bullshit. You have 

to know andlearnhowtoworkltbut It's 
entirely possible, ^n uneducated world 
and society is not what this world needs. 
You see what it is. now don' t y ou? Stu- 
pidity and Ignorance are not keys to 
success. I can't buy that. I'm open to 
arguments but I still say dropping out 
is not the way to go. I do not see how 
youcanhopetoachieve much with a qui t - 
tcr's attitude juste ii/ things get tough 
or students and teachers hassei you about 
your mode of dress, your at litu ties, etc. 
If you drop out, It only proves their 
theory right about today's generation: 
that wi* are not going anywhere, do not 
have much upstairs , th.it the only thi ngs 
we care about are dope, sex and general 
fun. Not tlial fun doesn' I have i t s place. 
Shit yeah! Hut there's a time for work 
and dedication too. I graduated and am 
attending college InS.F. and I'm def- 
lnately getti ng a 1 ot out of It. Oh yc.il, , 
they try to get you to conform and fol low 
the masses -don' t rock the boat and upset 
the apple cart cuz i t makes waves -ther- 
is that shit, but you don't have to buy 
it. I don't! If people wanna drop out 
of school , that's their -prerogative, l»ui 
I personal ly don' t see bow It could hel.| 
your situation. You CAM gel S0MIIH1IH 
out of this fucked up system! You just 
hive to go at it a little differently. 
Take an ALTLRNAT1VL APPROACH TO MATTI RS. 
About Nazi Punks (whom I don' t eons! ih-i 
punks at all), go SOAK YOUR HEAD! Or fuck 
off, as Oello says! Anarchy and swastika.. 
are complete and total opposites and i 
really can't grasp how wearing the twe 
together makes much sense, ll Is HYPO- 
CRITICAL to the max! If you stop aiuj 
think of what swastikas symbol lie and 
put It up alongside the theory of Aon 
chy, you do have opposites. No question 
about it. So like, why wear swastikas, 
claim to be a Nazi and condone Anarchy 
simultaneously? It looks real stupid 1 
Face facts! If you are for the gener.. : 
theory of Anarchy you couldn't puss lb I. 
beallazl and If you're a Nazi then yjm 
ai n' t no punk cuz 1 t goes against every- 
thing punk condones. The two clcmciii . 
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than they are both two strong forms <.r 
action. Regardless of the direction, lic- 
it positive or negative. Think about 
that. 

Another gripe: all you people who out 
their hair and buy punk records and think 
you're punk make me see RCD! A haircut 
do not mean a fucking thing! Too many 
mi nd less dummi es running around, looking 
and acting stupid and therefore , making 
the entire scene look equally mindless 
and stupid. Like Just another trendy fail. 
fuck that. Those little morons cutting 
their hair , buying spiked wristbands and 
wearing old levis are representing the 
punk scene and are makinq us who have 
easons for doing what we do look just 
as dumb. Use your heads for something 
other than to sport spiked hair, and 
THillki Looking different is not the n.ir.ir 
or the game. Thinking dif ferent I S . I r I 
us get It together. 

"ell, I think you've probably had enuf 
of me and mine, so I will shut up for a 
little while. Good luck on your mag and 
radio program and may you aluavs have an 




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hut is uncertain as to how and when. no easy answers as to why the SMAA has 

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the reason that nothing Is happening Is people were pissed one day . '^ Welded 
that there was no clear definition of to get together and talk about their 
whit the SMAA stoodToT. Peop'le did not problems. Someone said organize and a 
;;J3 analyze the problems to be tackled by £ oard was elected. Some people on that 
since the topic was police harassment J"' 1 *" "^JJ'J, or they let their board were sincere about doing something 

of punks at the Sound of Music and other the SMAA c " e J"*^; v , interests cloud positive for the music scene, and som 
venues. Both audience and per formers emot °« /.?h Is prevented any lasting ^d other Intentions. But if anything 
felt It was time something should be the issues, miu h structure i* r«.«nnnsi hie It's everyone's hasti- 

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done for minors who can't get into shows, on an active role in the SMA again Wj thoutrully minors * booking, 

Toward the end of the evening the con- Celso, owner of tJ°J°" nd °' J"*^ etc ) or clearly agree! ng on the common 

sensus was that an organisation to deal "-the on I, , real opt Imisl. He he eves etc. ). or^cl ^ V^ „ nopel H ey. 

with these problems be formed. A seven It Is pos si bier or tne J>^ « bet ter luck next time , but remember your 

member board was nominated and elected . In the future, even though .meetings have better! Pr0C edure. Anar- 



Volga (of the Lewd), Jeff Miller (of It access to grants , t re e •f"?t*W' 
Bad Post'uro), and Sid Terror (of Undead . tin .. Ul l llni. U U.°h'V a 
fame). The next meeting was scheduled 

for April 5th. 

Two weeks later the elected board met 
at the S of M for a closed meeting. They 
spoke a great deal about what their pri- 
mary goals should be. There was talk of 
organizing committees to do the booking 
and security at the Sound of Music (an 
Idea embraced by Cel so , club owner ), for 
researching cases of pol Ice harassment, 
and formation of a musicians' switch- 
board for sharing of equipment, trans- 
portation and lodging for touring bands. 
The name Sound of Music Artists Associ- 
ation was chosen (through lack of Imag- 
ination?) before this evening came to 
a close. A board meeting was scheduled 

for a day before the next general meet- 
ing. Unfortunately, it never occurred. 
Then, the April 5th general meeting 

ran into difficulty. Chairperson Melissa 

reported on the Board's meeting. Board 

members wen- introduced and several of 

them described their research so far; 

i ncl udi ng Sid Terror who spoke about his 

work towards ere.i 1 1 ng .i swi irhhoard . He 

said Lli.it his band (the Undead) would 

be doing a benefit for S.F.'s cable cars, 

to Shine some good ptihl 1 c:i Ly on the SMAA. 

This was strongly opposeil by Hie crowd 

and board members who saw such a media 

plug as contrary to their beliefs and 

values. The meeting degenerated Into a 

debate as to whether or not a benefit for 

the cable cars would misrepresent the 

organization. 

Three months have passed since the 

April 5th meeting and the SMAA has taken 

no action nor held another meeting. It 

is dl fflcult to pinpoint the reasons for 

this stagnation. To get a better per- 
spective, 1 spoke to three of the board 

members . 

Jeff (of Bad Posture) feels that one 
problem was the lack of communication 
after the last meet ing . Another was that 
some board members were 11 vi ng in pover- 
ty; lack of Jobs, money, food or health 
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BAY AREA 

-Tim Y. 

Bands in the Bay Are.i eonl inue to inn I - 
llply faster than we can keep up Willi, 
and lure's how it ddds up. In San Fran- 
cisco proper, the most popul ar hands i n 
the punk-H.C. scene seem to be the DK' s , 
r 1 ipper (probably much to their chagrin) , 
Code of Honor and MDC. All have albums 
out by now (as has the Lewd, whose pres- 
ent status is in limbo). Up and coming 
bands include Bad Posture, luck Ups, 
Domino Theory, and Free Beer (ex-Re- 
venqe). Other newer bands these days are 
Guvcnll 3ustlce, Sth Column, and Urban 
Assault (not the So. Lake Tahoe gang). 
No Alternative reformed. War/one mutated 
into Vicious Circle, with 3eff Joining 
remnants of the Fried Abortions to form 
Lennonburger . Impatient Youth sli 1 1 ex- 
ist, but rarely play . Arsenal is off to 
tin' U.K. to record for Crass, and the 
Undead are rumored to have had slakes 
driven through their hearts. The Tanks, 
He I la t ions , Cod, and Wl Id Women of Borneo 
all have soraethinq In common-. And then 
there' s the Pop-o-Pies, who trucked here 
from New Dersey . 

The Fast Bay scene has finally come 
alive, as have all the suburbs. The de- 
mographies of the scene show a shift to 
the outlying areas, and a constant drop 
in the average age. We have no accurate 
statistics on any possible drop in I.Q. 
Crucifix, now veterans, are joined by 
Deadly Reign, Intensified Chaos, Fang, 
Ghost Dance , and Shut-Up. From the North 
hai 1 the great Naked Lady Wrestlers (for- 
merly the False Idols), Pariah, Karnage, 
Demented Youth, and UXB. And from the 
Eastern fringe, Social Unrest continues 
to hold sway, although they too hardly 
ever perform. They are joined now by 
Vengeance, Anti-Social, and everybody's 
favori te most-hated band , Church Pol i ce. 
And the Southern flank Is brought up by 
the Afriicted, Whipping Boy, Killjoy, 
and PLH. I'm sure that by the time this 
paper goes to press, there' 1 I be 10 more 
new ones, but next issue for them. 



RENO 




-Fletch 
In May, Domino Theory Jnd Vicious Cir- 
cle travelled over the mountains for a 
gig with Urban Assault from Tahoe and 
Seven Seconds, one of the oldest bands 
from Reno. I decided to follow along to 
see if Reno could produce a show as mem- 
orable as the time I saw Black Flag at 
a house at the Paiute Indian Reserva- 
tion. 

We entered the geriatric city and fol- 
lowed some local punks to a bar behind 
an oriental restaurant , a new venue dis- 
covered by one of Seven Seconds. It was 
a hick bar with a strange pit area for 
the audience, and an equally strange 
raised area for the stage. Since we had 
arrived ear ly , and due to a huge garbage 
bin near the door, most of us migrated 
to the parking lot (upwind, to avoid 
being assau 1 ted by b las t s of foul air). 
Unfortunately, the neighbors dldn ' t ap- 
preciate 'seeing so many punks out in the 
open, and a Reno motorcycle cop soon 
arrived. He gave us five minutes to get 
inside the bar, or he ' d create problems 
for the show. 

\ few hours af ter everyone was ins 1 de , 
the narcs arrived and threatened to stop 
the show unless the owner put away all 
the liquor (because of all theminors in 
the crowd). Amazingly enough, the owner 
put all the booze into the back room, 
losing his best source of money. 

A pretty decent garage thrash band, 
Urban Assault, played first. I was glad 
to see that punks in mellow Tahoe were 
raking up some trouble. They had some 
problems with equipment, but they soon 
had the people tumbling around. 

Next, Domino Theory blew them away 

with one of the best sets I have ever 

heard. The bass player growled out the 
lyrics while the re-st of the band moved 
Wit'h 1 he del Ibera t i on of a hone-crushing 
tank. They've added new songs and rear- 
ranged their set, and they are now very 
power f ii I . 

Vicious Circle came next. Their set 
was loose. A substitute drummer made 
them play too fast, but the audience 
appreciated all of the bands anvway 
flinginq themselves about until they 
were exhausted. 

Curfew rolled around, and Seven Sec- 
onds still had not played, so the band 
decided to move the show. Everyone threw 
themselves into a dozen cars and tore 
I hroiigh the streets In search of a place 
lo play. After cruising through dark 
suburban borderlands, we ended up In a 
backyard nnly two blocks from the casino 
strip. F very one got r I pped and stagqered 
annul the yard figuring out escape routes 
in case the'enps came' and got violent. 

Seven Seconds set up their eguipment 
on the lawn and started playing. The 
sound quality was better than in the 
bar. They ripped throuqh their tight, 
fast songs, proving that they could get 
a crowd moving. This is where the real 
Reno all i tude appeared. Social barriers 
dropped, cliques broke up and everyone 
acted how they pleased. More people fell 
on I heir asses from swilling beer and 
grinding up the sod than I've seen In a 
I nng time. 

The hash broke up when Reno's finest 
arrived after Seven Seconds started 
playing their song s a second t lme around 
hut they were quiet about It, and gave 
everyone twenty minutes to pack up and 
leave. The only person to get carted 
away was a guy whn puked on one of the 
palrol cars. The rest of us slipped off 
lo a party on the other side of town. 
Oh i- Hnm visit ended the next morninq 
as we, % I I I 1 drunk, drove off Into the 
worst heal w.ive of lhe season. 



P.S. The owner of the bar had a heart 
ati.n'k, so no more shows there. I'm sure 
the Reno punks will gel: bored enough to 
find a new place. They always do. 




FRESNO 



-Dale Stewart 

Finally, some punk gigs In Fresno! We 
found a warehouse on the outskirts of 
town. It had been about 9 months since 
the last public giq, with only parties 
and trips to SF and LA to sustain us, 
but somehow the number of tough , street- 
wise Fresno punks grew anyway. 

About 80 kids Ini tlated the new place, 
thrashing their buns of f . Fir st up were 
the Frlgjdettes, who have an interesting 
twist In their line-up: 3 girls on the 
Instruments -and a guy on vocals. They 
had been around for several months with 
an all-girl line-up, but without the 
hard, fast sound they have now. 

Next was Capitol Punishment, playing 
a stable set buttressed by a new drummer , 
Mike. They had only practiced for 2 weeks 
but Mike added a power and tightness they 
never had before. High points were "EL 
Salvador" and "Wrong Direction". Also 
"Theory of Poverty", a song about the 
Trickle-Down Theory which claims that 
wealth wl 11 trickle down to the poor due 
to the honesty and generosity of Big 
Business. Don't hold your breath. 

After C.P., a few Jam bands got goi ng . 
X-fiay Dog did a couple of punked-out old 
rock covers and a slow PiL-like song. A 
couple guys from the Authorities and the 
YbU.np Pioneers came down from Stockton 
and jammed on a few numbers -one of which 
urged people to go piss on something. 

Finally the Cambodian Kids (ex Zero 
Population Growth) cranked outaconple 
of their vicious, I i gh Ini ng-f ast songs . 

\nynne interested in Fresno gigs, or 
a casse t te of Capi I ol Punishment (S3. 00) 
write Dale Stewart, 400 Vi. Gettysburg 
\, Clovls CA 93612. 

Tor a Tr i gidet: tes cassette , send S3. 00 
c/n Corrine, 477 S E . On i gh I Way, Trcsno 
C\ J.J 702. 



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SANTA CRUZ 

-Henry Hample 

Having been the unfortunate slob who 
promoted this preposterous event, 1 only 
caught bits and pieces of the bands as 
I was busy running around, trying to 
keep the show on schedule and praying 
that the sheetrock wall s would continue 
to stand. Luckily, the whole thing was 
preserved for posterl ty by a video crew, 
so. I'm going to more or less base this 
review on the miracle of Instant replay. 

Ryot, a brand-new band, ope"ns the show. 
Hmmm. Pretty standard hardcore. Good 
clean sound. 14-year-old drummer (Peter) 
who shreds. Lead singer (Dave) looks 
detached from the proceedings; maybe a 
little nervous. Definately some poten- 
tial In this band. 

Young Alcoholics are up next. Skinhead 
guitarist (the legendary Hyk Erxn) has 
painted-on hair(?! ). Bass player (Qruce) 
in Jail; nearest innocent bystander re- 
cruited to make noise In his stead. If 
these guys have rehearsed in the last 
six months, then I'm president of Lock- 
heed. Flipper move over. No songs that 
are written or arranged; YA just makes 
up song titles and from that point on 
It Is every man for himself. Best song 
is where lead singer (Oerry) screams 
"Wash Rob's pan; it ' s your responsibil- 
ity!" ad Infinitum. Band members making 
atrocious sounds with their respective 
Instruments. Audience laughing and ap- 
plauding. Maybe It wouldn't be so funny 
If I didn't know these guys, but as far 
as I'm concerned, they 've got the Three 
Stooges beat hands down. 

False Alarm next. From Monterey . This 
is punk rock, boys and girls. Can you 
say "punk rock"? The lead singer has 
done his homework; stage dives off non- 
existent stage not radical enough, so 
he appeases his appetite for mayhem by 
breaking down a door. Far out. This band 
seems slightly angry about something. 

Let's hear it for M.A.D., thrash band 
of the century. Everybody's on the floor. 
Bedlam. Let's face It, these guys smoke ■ 
Steve's blazing guitar sound pitted a- 
gainst Clifford's barking vocals ("cops' 
suuuuckl") is enough to make your hair 
stand on end. Clean. Tight. Frenzied. 
They play "Stepping Stone" at end of set, 
several people help si ng . Gee, they even 
get Interviewed for "Ri pper ; " need 1, say 
more? 

By the time I hit the stage to close 
the show with my band, the Scapegoats, 
being a promoter has driven me to the 
brink of lnsanl ty and I'm good and ready 
to spi 11 my quts. We blast our way through 
a disjointed set of blarlnq, tormented 
sonqs, hiqhliqhtedby the fastest version 
of "Shltcan" we've ever played. By the 
end of the set I'm hoarse, dazed, soaked 
In sweat and stumbl i nq about like a drunk 
epileptic. Some of the plnhcads In at- 
tendance do their best to act jaded and 
unimpressed. Fuck 'em. Sounded qreat to 
me . 

r . 



BARRINGTON HALL (6/6/82) MDC/ 
WHIPPING BOY/DEADLY REIGN/ 
VACANT/UPTONES -Peter Di Maria 

Berkeley's amazing Barrington Hall, 
that always inviting home for Lastbay 
punks, provided the atmosphere for a 
fun if not memorable night headlined by 
MDC. The show was started off by Deadly 
Reign who hail from the hardcore hotbed 
of Orlnda, Ca . The band received what 
turned out to be the most enthusiastic 
response of the show. However, the ques- 
tion in the minds of the audience was 
why these guys always looked so bewil- 
dered. Vacant said they were from Sac- 
ramento, as If this was an excuse for 
their uninspired attitude. A few songs 
were exciting, but overall they didn't 
move anyone. Whipping Boy has a good 
typical 9th generation punk frontman - 
muscular build, angry face, no shirt, 
no hair - but the band behind this fel- 
low is not quite together. Their main 
attribute was a set list which could 
cover an entire table. MDC are alot like 
Discharge, in that they play one song 
well and very distinctively, but then 
are determined to repeat It over and 
over creating a subtle, yet pleasing, 
deja-vu effect . These guys have a really 
great attitude and play with an intensity 
on the level of our nation' s finest punk 
bands, but I wish they would add some 
variety to their music . The singer real- 
ly built up a good-natured bond with 
the audience through his sincerity and 
clear head - a good example to follow 
for the million mindless mohawks. The 
Uptones finally appeared around 3, or 
4, or 5 in the morning and produced a 
set of teenage ska that was a welcome 
change of pace for those who hadn't al- 
ready gone home or fallen asleep. 








VALENCIA TOOL AND DIE (6/5/82) 
MDC/BAD POSTURE/FUCK-UPS 
HATED /JUVENIL JUSTICE |^TW I. 

Great show! Lot of yahooing downstairs 
and lots of yakking upstairs. Plenty of 
people at this gig arranged by MDC, and 
thecrowdwas pretty friendly - no real 
fights (which seem to be on the decline), 
and alot of women thrashing. There's no 
stage at the T4D, so it's real "inti- 
mate". 3.3. started things off with an 
amazingly tight H.C. set. It was only 
their second gig , but they real ly pulled 
it together fast. Great lyrics, inter- 
estingly eccentric guitar - a band to 
check out. Then the Hated from H.B. did 
a guest mini-set, playing slower TSOL/ 
Adolescents type punk, getting a good 
crowd reaction. 

Bad Posture followed - a great band - 
both fun and serious at the same time. 
Strong, positive lyrics and heavy metal 
posturing (satirical) and great energy 
characterize their performances. Darren 
from the D.K.'s sat in on drums. High- 
light of the set was Denz Havoc riding 
piggy-back on Oeff, B.P.'s 7 foot tall 
singer, with Deff doing the same to Denz 
later. Result: Denz got the worst of i t , 
crushed to the floor and knocked out 
cold. Minutes later, revived by a beer, 
he was back out slamming. Also, Deff 
always seems to end up singing in just 
his shorts, barefoot. 

Next, Fuck-Ups played their 197Sish 
style. Some o.k. music , but didn't like 
most of the lyrics - the "You fucked me, 
and now I'm gonna fuck you up" syndrome. 

MDC came on, and presented their super- 
tight, herky-jerky twrash - very politi- 
cal lyrics. Singer Dave is rapping more 
before songs so you can hear the words 
better. Very Intense presentat ion , mir- 
roring their commitment to the scene 
and their lifestyle. Dave's eyes bugging 
out , Ron hunched over hisguitar- great! 
They are getting popular fast, having 
recently moved here from Texas , and com- 
mand the respect of both the "politi- 
cal" punks and the "street" punks (are 
they mutually exclusive?). 



SACRAMENTO 



The punk scene i it Sacramento Is still 
developing. It is looked .it like some 
psychotic cult. Ncv cr the less it is ij row- 
ing rast. 

The 'punks here are into a non-violent 
scene. We just dress different, look- 
different and are basically crazy. The 
punks here are into skatebo.irdinq, skim- 
minq, and beach bumming on the river. 

There are not very m.my places to play 
In Sacramento. Therefore there are not 
very many bands. Some of the bands here 
■ire Rebel Truth, Square Cools and a few 
other garage bands. Luckily we are on 
the map, so we get a good show about 
once a month. The Dead Kennedys played 
here in May, and Flipper is coming in 
the end of 3une. -Him Donovan 




FOOTHILLS 



The scene in the foothills is sad, but 
at least there' s a f ew encouragi ng words 
from a couple of bands that're just no» 
hittin' the clubs. It can be very dis- 
couraging for these bands, who have to 
travel to Sacramento or further to play. 
The red-neck atmosphere in the Foothi lis 
makes it hard to live the way you w^nt 
to, hut this adds to the aggression of 
their sound. 

Dead Pledge from Auburn Ca. area bunch 
of younq anqry advent! sts; a high-energy, 
strong sounding band. Debuting in S.F. 
at thj beginning of 3uly. 

3.1 .A. (Oust ice in America) from Grass 
Valley Ca . are a bunch of skaters, who 
kill, both on the hoard and the stage. 
A fast hardcore sound. 

Both bands shred-'em-up and knock-'em 
down! Both are recommended when they hit 
y_er town! -K & T Inc. 



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Things are slowly but surely start- 
ing to kick down here in the South Bay. 
Not counting wavoid crap, we've only 
had 12 good shows here ever, and all of 
them have been within the last year and 
a half. 

The most recent show was June 5th 
at San Jose State's Women's Gym. It 
was a benefit for the R.C.P., those 
Commies who have this annual habit of 
getting themselves arrested on Mayday, 
then they need to be bailed out, there- 
fore the benefit. There was a good 
turnout of local punks, about 150. 
TONGUE AVULSION opened up with a 
very unenthusiastic performance. 
WHIPPING BOY came next, their last 
gig before going on national tour. This 
time they seemed to do a lot of their 
slower songs or else they played 
slower, at any rate I've seen them play 
a lot better than this. The UNAWARE 
turned in a lively performance that got 
the crowd going, they've got potential. 
Wrapping up the show was LOS OLVI- 
DADOS, they were hard, fast, and hot! 
Their guitar player wore a T-shirt that 
had a hammer and sickle crossed out 
by a swastika. It just goes to show mat 
gigs are scarce enough here that you 
can get the bands to play for almost any 
cause, whether or not they really like 
it. WE NEED MORE SHOWS! Anyways, 
this one went real smooth, without the 
usual cop hassles we've been getting in 
San Jose since last year's "punk riot." 



A week earlier, on May 29th, there 
was a great show in Sunnyvale at the 
Community Center. It was a free show 
put together by the bands. They didn't 
publicize it much because the room 




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they were supposed to get was pretty 
small, but at the last minute they were 
given this real nice big room that was 
terrific for thrashing and slamming 
around. About 100 local punks turned 
out to see bands from Sunnyvale, 
Cupertino, and Campbell. The MODS 
opened up, doing mostly covers. Next 
up was DISCHORD, a great band that's 
really into the Oi ! sound. Then GRIM 
REALITY did one song, they sounded 
good, wish I could have heard more. 

Then came MINORITY. They are hot! 
Fast loud hardcore that inspired some 
wild action out on the floor. This is a 
band you've definitely got to go see. 
The final band on the show was the 
OTHERS, they did lots of covers like 
Sex Pistols, Clash, Generation X, 
Black Flag. Overall the show was a lot 
of fun, with no real hassles. 

Coming up on June 26th is a show at 
San Jose City College with San Fran- 
cisco bands NO ALTERNATIVE, CODE 
OF HONOR, the FUCK-UPS, and a 
band from Santa Clara called HAMER- 
SLAG. Should be a hot show. Other 
South Bay bands I've heard good things 
about include EXECUTIONER, the 
STINGRAYS, and the LIVING ABOR- 
TIONS. The other big news is that 
RIBSY has finally found a new singer, 
and will resume playing again, with 
some new material too. 

One upcoming show you'll want to 
watch for is the RIPPER FANZINE 
BENEFIT. Two dozen bands have 
volunteered for it so far, so expect 
one hell of a hot show ! Obviously all 
these bands can't be on one bill, but 
something will be worked out soon. 

Speaking of fanzines, besides 
RIPPER, a nationally circulated rag 
that covers hardcore in sleazy sensa- 
tionalistic detail (Now that summer's 
here you can read it without getting 
suspended from school: Ripper, 1494 
Teresita Drive, San Jose CA 95129) 
the South Bay also has FORGET IT ! 
fanzine (PO Box 23073, San Jose CA ' 
95123). Also SPLAT GOES THE CAT 
fanzine, which I haven't seen yet. 
Another cool one is SKATE PUNK MAG 
(3184 Haga Drive, San Jose CA 95111). 
It's edited by skateboard champ Steve 
Caballero. 

Local promoters formerly known as 
NWS are squaring away the final details 
on a club for downtown San Jose, so 
any bands out there who want to play 
for a fresh young scene, contact Sandra 
Sheffield, 2460 McLaughlin Avenue, 
San Jose CA 95121. There are more 
punks now than ever in the South Bay, 
so come on down and have a wild time. 
See ya later! 



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Lois of changes In the venue scene, thing or have a good time playing (for 
First, Paul Rat is going out of busi- 6 Tenderloin burnouts while the minors 
ness, ending his RRZ shows at the Elite are out front where the docrman can stab 
Club, Russian Center, etc. He at tributes 'em). 

this to rising overhead costs, fewer Dirk, at the On Broadway , made a corn- 
people paying (200 less per show than mitment to the scene to have the same 
last year), and higher door prices (be- proportion of punk and H.C. shows that 
cause of the higher guarantees demanded he had at the Hab (the less said about 
by the new "stars" of punk rock) - all Ness' sell-out to net* wave the better), 
of this at a time of economic depress! on Unfortunately, It hasn't quite worked 
(there are a few exceptions to the guar- out that way. There are occassional 
|antees, like Black flag and Dead Kennedys mid-week local-group shows, and Flipper 
ho take a percentage, believing they and D.K.'s shows, but it's not like it 
lare only worth what they can draw - in wa s just a year ago. Dirk's in rough 
contrast to bands like Fear, Misfits, shape financially, due to old Mab debts , 
X, and other bands who demand up to expenses to theO.B-, and hi s unflagging 
$2500) . Rat ' s qui ttlng is a blow to the commitment to the ar ti stic aesthetic of 
local scene, as his shows always gave smaller shows. He didn't "go for the 
lesser known bands a chance to play - bucks" and forsake punk. As always , Dirk 
although recently they tended to be the will keep a club open for us, with plans 
same few bands, over and over again, for summer shows and more. 
Minors will lose too, as they can't get Outside of Ruthie s (probably the best 
in to most clubs. Rat will continue to venue for H.C), the "guerilla" shows 
do occasional shows at the On Broadwa\ , remain the most true-to-form punk . Gigs 
and wi 11 concentrate more on doing shows at legendary Barrington Hall in Berkele 
in, the suburbs. New Method Industries in Oakland, and 

Wes Robinson still does his shows at the occasional party at Valencia Tool 
the Elite Club, Ruthies Inn, and. the S Die are the rowdiest (the heart of 
Eastern Front. Wes' strong point is his the scene) v/ith a full cast of day-to- 
real love for the H.C. scene, and he day regulars. "Prev lews" had potential , 
continually gives good new bands gigs, but that seems to have gone by the 
Unfortunately, he is not the greatest boards. Finally, there is the lovely 
businessman, and sometimes the support- Berkeley Square, wh ich is expanding and 
ing bands don't get paid much. This opening its doors to minors. Unfortu- 
happens with all promoters who indulge nately nothing can overcome the "trendy" 
"stars" by paying them the outrageous new wave atmosphere, the "chic" cllen- 
amounts they ask for. In Wes' case tele, and the steep door prices. Hey!, 

though, this doesn't seem to be out Whatever became of the S3-tops on club Zeros, and The Tolling Midgets, I did my 

but out of tickets? part, but past glory Is^Just that "P^st . 

draw, and Speaking of which, Maximum R'n'R and 
MOC spoke to Dirk about the lack of good 
H.C. shows at the On Broadway, asking 
Alternative Tentacles puts on shows if we could do some booking (without 
now too. They make a point of bringing our taking a cut) to get gigs for the 
in lots of the better new bands (thanks new local bands. Dirk agreed to let us 
to 3ello, who keeps up on the scene) do every Wednesday night in Ouly, and 
and have the best record of dividi nq lower the door price to $2. These shows 
the door fairly amongst all the bands, will probably have one out-of-town trav- 
Unf ortunately their shows, sometimes elling band, and several local groups 
with 2 or 3 name acts, tend to get over- If these gigs are successfull (they 
crowded, resembling Bill Graham style should be, given the low door price 



of greed or maliciousness, 
stubborn miscalculation of 
general spaciness. 



KNOW 

YOUR 

WEAPON 

Punk in San Francisco has meant poli- 
tical since Its dawning. It was here In 
Duly' 1978 that every punk band in the 
city, except Crime, played three days 
of benefit concerts for striking coal 
miners, where two months later the Mab 
was filled for a benefit for striking 
railroad workers. We drew 1,000 people 
to a concert to benefit Jailed Black 
Panther leader, Ceronlmo Pratt. We play- 
ed for the F.M.L.N./F.D.R. , thel.R.A., 
American political prisoners and on and 
on. The summer of 1978 also saw bands 
organize and fight private promoters 
like Maniacts and later New Youth. Rock 
Against Racism had an active chapter 
here. In the White Riot of May '79 punks 
turned out in a direct assault on the 
state. We were communists, socialists, 
situationallsts, anarchists. We were a 
threat. 

It is with great pride that this punk/ 
red/pet rocker recalls those days. As 
manager of the Oils, Negative Trend , The 




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hoopla about "communl ty i nput " , contin- financially, he can open a smaller club 
ues to suffer because they still have in North Beach, none suitable to punk. 
not made minors a priority. As long as Meanwhile, we will have to make good 
, ,- 1 in, bands won' t make a ny j^vylthwhame^^^ 

sin 



monopoly capitalism con- 
tinues to create problems it, cannot 
solve. Our elected leaders are only 
making things worse with their increa- 
singly fasolstic approaches to human 
life, both at home and abroad. The 
colleges have been transformed into 
post-adolescent day care centers, and 
most of the Old Left ls> using a static 
analysis unsuited to a world undergoing 
change • 

"Nazi Punks" have nothing to do with 
either fascism or punk. Their pathetic 
worship of Nazi symbols and/or ideas 
only contributes to the world's prob- 
lems. They are not Punks, and there Is 
no reason to think of them as such. If 
they call themselves "vegetarian meat- 
eaters", no one else would. Too much 
time is being given to discussion about! 
where they fit into the community, 
given that the answer is so obvious. 
They don't. They certainly aren't part 
of the solution, and since they have 



Now you and I are confronted with new! 
fights, .inci far too many that are left 
over. Nuclear bombs, imperialist wars, 
and capitalist austerity are not golnc 
to miss each and every mohawked head. 
It is a fight for survival we are en- 
gaged in. 

The world Is a battle ground and nc| 
are all combatants. When the Zionist, 
hiding their fascism behind yellow stars 
march into Lebanon to commit genociil. 
against the Palestinian people, they an 
doing It with 1.5 billion dol lars a year 
In military aid from the U.S., and th.it 
money is coming from you. It Is comiiu 
from food stamp cul offs, welfare cut- 
backs, higher col li-qe tuitions , loss of 
funding for the arts, etc. etc. As the 
bodies of Palestinians pile higher and 
higher , the divi dctid check's of the people 
who own the factories that make Side- 
winder missies gorw larger a"nd larger. 
Lebanon Is your backyard , you have been 
drafted who ther you know it or not. Like 
It or not, this is your war, every war 
is your war. Choose what side you are 
on, and when the fight begins , know your 



This section contains information I 
think you should have and that'you 
won't necessarily find elsewhere. So 
pay attention. My opinions don't al- 
ways coincide with others oO Maximum 
R'n'R, at their loss. 

Crawford was a founding member of 
C.O.D., one of the more Innovative 
bands of the past year. She was a 

friend who I hoped I would get to know very little Influence, they should be 
better. She had problems, as do most ignored. We have enough enemies of a 

I'll miss her. more serious nature. -Mickey Creep 



of us . 



Herb Caen is on vacation 

LATE NEWS PLASH!! CONTRARY TO 
RUMOR, POLICE HAVE NOT SHUT DOWN 
THE TOOL & DIE THEY HAVE WARN- 
ED KATRINA ABOUT MINORS DRINKING 
IN FRONT, AND BROKEN BOTTLES. IP 
YOU WANT GIGS THERE, PLEASE CO- 
OPERATE. ALSO, CLUBFOOT IS STILL 
HAVING SHOWS, DESPITE THE RECENT 
DRUG BUST. RUMOR HAS IT THAT THE 
COPS RAIDED CLUB GENERIC, SHUT- 
TING DOWN FUTURE SHOWS THERE. FOR 
LACK OF A CABARET LICENSE . . . 
UNCONFIRMED AT PRESS TIME. 

Charle* McCabe is on vacation 



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f • • 'Anew york where there's 
/^ only big things - 
;!iwe*re lucky to have 
such a sweet guy 
even If he is 

gonna quit. 

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Let me think a second. 
\-Like the most fucked 
*> up you ever got at a 
I* Rat show? 
-Is that a goal to 
strive for? (laughs) 
My mind's a blank - 
wait til I'm drunk - 
-> WHO ARE ALL THESE 
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Rat's getting out at the 
right time because he's 
done a lot to the scene 
and done a lot of great 
shows (by great I mean I've 
had fun at them). Tonight's 
show's been a drag so far - 
I saw a friend of mine get 
punched out outside... ,/j 

If this was a real cool /j : 

show they'd be playing ; C,X 
Oohnny Thunders' tapes in \ 
between bands . 
I guess people stopped going to his shows 
in the same quantities they were before. 
so he's gotta stop . It's terrible. >-, 

I'm grateful for what he did. ^ 

Mickey Creep i\ 



My greatest hate is God. 
-What about Rat going to L.A.? 
Actually it sounds a lot better_ 
because L.A. needs i^ very /~~ 
desperately. /, 

-What about S.F.? / /V" 

-We need it too but 
someone else can 

always pop up and take * 

his place. '- 

In L.A. they ' ve all 
been sucked up by 
commercials for , 

designer Jeans and lTerC 

dating services. 



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I hate people 
with fucking 
tape recorders. 

Gail 



-You gonna miss Rat? 
-Yeah. He'll probably do 
other shows though, 
somewhere. He can't Just 
go away. 

-if he goes to L.A.? 
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PSYCHOLOGY . 

Culture of "Uninvolved 
Will Succeed Beatniks 

>■ THE "LONELY CROWD" will prub 
ably give way to the "uninvolved one,' a 
New York psychiatrist has predicted. 
" The Angry Young Men and the Beatniks 
will be followed by * gencrauon that does 
uot protest any mote because it will no 
longer have a need lor deep permanent 

"DnLcopold Bellak of City Hospital « 
Elmhurst, New York City, said that by 
adapting to a constant flow of changing 
stimuli, modern man is losing his identity. 
He sees a character structure developing in 
American society that has no strong identi- 
fication, similar to children reared in many 
different foster homes and orphanages. 

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seen in people exposed to overwhelming 
experiences, such as in former inhabitants 
of concentration camps. , , 

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enough, but hardly anything seems to go 
more than skin deep; there is a strong 
armor that wards off all more intense teel- 

"or Bellak foresees amiable relations, a 
kind of "cocktail party" sociability.^ wiih 
Krcater interdependence alongside a prob- 
ably still higher standard of living. But 
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volved, with no sense of belonging, he said 
in the Archives of General Psychiatry, Auj 
1961, published by the American Medical 
Association. ■ . 

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MRR: You are the first D.C. band we've 
„,,<r h P re. How hav.e you guys fount) 



5.F.? 

Ian: At first It. as rea 1 wet rd . The On 
. . . -i .,- I .• I ri.,1* nlnht I had felt 



in Washington, or anywhere else we ve 
played, for that mat ter . 1 1 seemed rea 
negative at first, but then at the Tool 
& Die I had a great time. The people 
seemed really cool . I had spme prob ems 
with a few people but I hope we got t.''I"9S 
straightened out. ..At least I did not 
get beat up at the Tool 4 Die. 
Brian: We seemed to have reached an un- 
derstanding probably based on "' sunder- 



attitudes and I guess they don' t under- 
stand ours but we've reached some kind 



of a balance with each other, so I think 

we can continue to pla> here. 

MRR: Has every city had Its own var I at! on 

of a "Punk" scene? 

Ian: Oh yeah, it's really fascinating. 

Brian: The dancing is all different; it 

is kind of funny. 

Ian: In Boston they dance like pengui ns . 

They all punch dance. 

Lyle: They shadow box . They walk around 

rea 1 f ast . 

Ian: In Detroit, people couldn't dance 

•cause we played a really small place. 

Brian: It was packed. 

Ian: It was sma 1 ler than the Tool 4 Die. 
It was a small room and there were close 
to 250 people packed in. It wasabsolute- 
ly packed, so people would mostly push 
against each other. I think It's great, 
■hat is happening across the country 
right now. This t err 1 tori al ki nd of mu- 
sic scene. As opposed to this nationwide 
music we've been living with all these 
years . 



Brian: It's t 
that this has happened, 
a great extent . 

Ian: Unfortunately, lt'seven gotten to 
the point of gang war fare 1 n some areas. 
You know, who rules what city and which 
bands are tougher. That Is something I 
felt when I came here. I felt people 
were challenging me because I »as from 
Washington, which has this apparently 
Incredible reput a 1 1 on , or whatever . And 
1 am talking basically In the fighting 
sense -"ho Is tougher than who. That s 
■that Ifcltwasgolng onwhenl was tack- 
led at a show. Hut apparent ly I I ' s some 
. * . » - i . - , ,i i * { , . r » h . > r . . t n tack- 



le out-of-town bands. A rllu.il thing... 
MRU: Tell us more about the "Straight 

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pre* in ij y «« ■ ,."-.-.- 

Ian: Well, basically how It originated 
war. that 3eff, our drummer, and 1 were 
In a band cal led the I ren Idles, and we 
played out here. We were at. that time 
trying to get away from a really cor- 
rupted music, you know, basically your 
heavy metal bands who were into heroin, 
cocaine. Just a lot of dri nklng. We Just 
drank a Vol of coke and ate a lot of 



Beeau < of thl s we round we coil idti' t play 
anywhere, (lone of our friends could get 
Into any of the clubs either- 

Jeff: 'C.iusr they did not drink and It 
wasn't profitable. 

Ian: And kids weren't 18. (D .C . ' s dr I nk- 
lng age.) So we round that the best way 
to avoid all the hassles about not bel ng 
able to get into clubs was not to drink. 
We'd seen what Mabuhay Gardens had been 
doing with minors, *- I ng the 1 r hands so 
they could <ict into clubs, so we brought 
that back to D.C. and Introduced it to 
all the clubs there. We said "how 'bout 
It", and it worked. Kids not to go to 
shows, on the one condition that they 
didn't drink; and It Just kind or fol- 
lowed from there. People realized that 
they weren' t screwed up; they were more 
alert. If they ever had to be aggressive 
they knew why. ihey could remember what 
it was they had dune. Peopl e J ust gener- 
ally felt good about themselves. 



MRR: So Inll 
peop I e into 



to get 



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1 sens 
likedr 

enjoy drinking. That'* my p 
lng. Everyone had a diff 
Whether they do or do not 
really into It. I drank 
twelve. All my friends die 
really alienated by that, 
thing to do with the fact 
out here to Palo Altowhe 
my eyes, that is a reall\ 
In a person's life. W<i en I 
my friends were absolute 
and I wasn' t , because I h, 
Washington at the tlne.S 
them from a different p 



them having ruined tlVre 
MRR: Now that "Straight £ 



misinterpretation of'wha 

3eff : Well , different p 
it differently. 

MRR : Are you, by this phll 
to restrict other peop 
habits? 

Brian: No, absolutely nc 
thing is that "Straight El 
not drinking or not takl 



of your body and yourae) 
have a clear view of whi 

Lyle: You want to benefit 
it Is that you're doing 

Brian: And we never, WE 
you what to do. We're Jus 
songs that this is what ' 
don't like rt ; do 1 1, don 
can do whatever they wa 

Idn: "Straight Edge" Is 
It's a totally personal 
son's life. A lot of p 
Idea that Washington has 
that don't drink, taKed 
thing and do not have s 
topic we 1 11 get onto In a 
one In the rowi laughs) 
view. There are oeople 
drink and do t**e drugs 
stand "Straight Edge" J 
the oeople who don't. I 
of thing where you do on 
are IN and I f you do th 

Brian: It's not about g 
Just because your frier 

Ian: It has a lot more 
your outlook is on how yo 



You JeK me it calms your nerves ] °" '. 

You fust Ih/'nd ii looks cool .ou I 

You fell me /ou vvonl fo be differem : ou I 

You /us* change for Ine some you \ 

You tell me if's only natural 'A»u I 

You just need (he proof A' « 

Did vou fuck in' gel ft? W 

ll's in my eyes, in my eyes It's ii 

And il doesn't food thai way to mi And 

In my eyes In m 

MRR: What about sex? 

Idn: Well , It only cones 
In "Out of Step", where 
fuck". But it is really 
the terms that I use ar 
am not saying "don' t have 
lng to make a distinct! 



1 sense, speaking for 
Ike drugs , and I don' I 
fiat ' i my per sonal feel- 
ad a different slory . 
or do not. 1 was never 
I drank at the aqe of 
Lends did it, and I was 
by that. It has some- 
the fact that I moved 
Alto when I was 1 1. In 
a really forming time 
e. When I came back all 
absolute drug . addicts 
cause I had not been in 
e time. So I qot to see 
erent point of view, 
ted It so much, to see 
ed tlVre lives so much. 

:raiqht Edge" has become 
in aj-eas, is there any 
n of what it Is about? 

ferent people react to 

this phi losophy , trying 
er people's personal 

utely not ' Never! The 
rai ght Edge" I s not Just 
not taking drugs. It's 
e. Vou look at life In 
u want to be in control 
yourself. You want to 
w of what is going on. 

obenefit from whatever 
e doing. 

ver , WE NEVER will tell 
'e' re Just saying In our 
Is what WE do. Like It, 
it , don't do it. People 
they want to do. 

:dge"isnot a movement. 
lersonal facet of a per- 
ot of people have thl* 
|ton has all these punk» 
;, taxedruqs or do any- 
: have sex, which 1* a 
into In a second (every- 
laughs). That's a wrong 
! people In D .C . who do 
:« drugs and they under- 
Edge" Just «s much as 
lon't . It' s not the kind 

ou do one thing and you 
iu do this, you' rc OUT . 

about getting a m oh. ink 
ir friends got one. 

it more to do wl th wh.it 
nhowyourun your life. 



ou're just luckin' Korea 
' 30 lellmc thai I'm belter 
- -lunelf 

it you like her 
''ou /usl with you did 
*r>u tell me that I make no difference 
At least I'm luckin' trying- 

What the luck hove you done? 



It s in my eyes, in my eyes 



o me And il ctocin r loo* rnor woy 10 nm 
Jn my eyes 

sen? 

/ cones up once really, 
, where I say, "Don't 
really Important that 
use are understood. 1 
i' t have sex . " 1 am try- 
st! nctl on . 



Out of Ste„ 

Don'l smoke 
Don'/ drink 
Don'/ luck 
A> least I con fuckin' think 

I cun't ke?p up, can't keep up 

can't keep up - 
Out of step with the world 

HRR : A distinction between a crude an- 
imalistic sexual encounter and <- 
ser 1 ous . . . 

Ian: NO, NO, NO . Because you can be .m- 
lmalistlc If you wjnt. That's upto sou. 
'Everyone laughs. ) It has a lot more to 
do with how you go about It, and what 
you val ue it as. As a chalk on your bed- 
post, asascorecard. If you think that 
It can make you better if you get laid 
all the time, wel 1 then th.it's what I'm 
talking about. Sex is obviously very Im- 
portant or none of us would be here. 
(Solicits laugh s .) And bcsl des , it's... 
great. I'm not against sex. I'm not asci- 
ual. I'm against that kind of superfi- 
cial way of going about it. ..It's very 
Important for adolescents who come up 
In life with all this pressure. I mean, 
society has this terrible attitude about 
It. Ontelevlsion kids see people every 
night going off with different people. 
And these characters never have any of 
the real life problems that occur, like 
pregnancy, V.O. , etc. It's always clean. 
It Is a myth. It's wrong. And a lot of 
people get caught up in the fantasy and 
they get really messed upUi > It, and they 
go through really bad feelings about 
themselves . 

MRR : You're not the Moral Majority? 

Ian: No, we're not the "PUNK" moral ma- 
jority. It's all rumor. 

MRR : What's the story with the D.C. scene 
now? 



3ef f : Wel 1 , dl f ferent bands are bee oml ng 
bigger, and st uf f . The pr oblem Is there 
aren' t any clubs. A lot of kids are get- 
ting 1 nto the music , but there is really 
nowhere to go. So in some ways it's grow- 
i ng and in other ways it's stag na'tl no. . 

Brian: Actually, there's supposed tobe 
a lot going on at the moment but we're 
missing it by being here. 

Lyle: Contrary too ne horror rock banrt's 
opinion, D.C. did not die when Minor 
Threat took a leave of absence. 

Brian: You know that band the Misfits. 
They are a really bighlt out here (sar- 
casti cal 1 y ) . 

Lyle: They decided that the scene died, 
and that's Just not true. There ace more 
bands per person InD.C. than there are 
elsewhere. The ratio is really high, 

MRR i So the pr oportl on of punks In bands 
Is pretty high then? 

Lyle: Yeah , there' s a 7 to 1 rati o . (This 
bri ngs laughter . ) 



MRR: Does the Dlschord Record 1 abe 1 re- 
late to all D.C. bands or Just yours' 



Ian: It Is Just 3eff and I, basically, 
and we record other people. 

MRR i What is it currently up to? 

Jeff: The SSDeControl 12" Just came out 
and we are helping them distribute it. 
Then in August we're putting out a com- 
bination album, half by the band Void 
and half by faith, and after that a 7" 
record by Iron Cross, if they ever man- 
age to get organized. 

HRRt I remember reading a dlsturbl ng in- 
terview with Iron Cross. Someone had 
asked them If they were racist and they 
replied, "Well, isn't everybody?". 

Ianj Now there' s a touchy subject. Deff 
and I live wi th the si nger in Iron Cross 
and we know the band. They claim not to 
be racist or Nazis but. on the other hand, 
there are quite a bit of overtones in- 
volved as well as Ignorance. A couple 
of people in that band are extremely Ig- 
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Ian: Yeah, and they literally beat ip 
(jay people for no reason. They are at 
the point where they become noxious if 
you ment I on the fact that someone is g.iy , 
or If you are gay or whatever. I think 
that there are obviously some people with 
mental pr ob 1 ems 1 n th a t band. I person- 
ally feel that there are definite Ma/i 
and racist overtones Involved. 

Lyle: Oh yeah. I mean just their affil- 
iation with the so-called British skin 
head movement says something. 

Ian: Do not bring that up' around their 
lead singer cause he'll argue to no end 
that Iron Cross has nothing to do with 
Haz 1 sm . 
Brian: He'll say It or i gi nated 1 n 181 <♦. 

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his parents -sent to a mental institur 
tion. then to a military "school" in 
Utah. He cannot be visited by friends, 
or receive mail. He's lucky. In Guate- 
mala, El Salvador. Chile and Argentina 
the "disappeared" stay that way -dead. 

This is just a sneaky way to get 
you to see' the movie HISSING . It is 
about the U.S. cover-up of the CIA's 
role in the fascist military coup in 
1974 against the democratically elect- 
ed Socialist government, and how the 
"rules" only apply when they serve 
Capitalist interests. 

The book HISSING , by Thomas Hauser 
is even better. After you read it, 
think about the Junta's announcement 
this Spring that, yes. H1LITARY RULE 
. WILL CONTINUE. . .as it does in so many 
nations friendly to the U.S.. 



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crttlrlted the military government's "«!***• 
trwas" economic policies was foaad dead with 
bta throat eul »o deeply he woi nearly 
decapitated, police .aid yesterday. 






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ments for evading draft regis- 
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2. Are billboards "commuter programming"' 

3. Were ihe Pilgrims the first boat people? 
Does the Silent Majority believe in Harpo Marxism? 
Will banning cheap handguns produce a better class of criminal? 
Haven't punks become boring young farts? 
Do pooper-scooper ordinances mean more law. less ordure? 
If Jesus is coming again, what was His refractor} period? 
If there's a right to property, where can I sign up for mine? 
Why do vegetarians bite their nails? 
Can Reagan tell the truly needy from the truly greedy? 

Aren't bosses the real "Time Bandits"? 

If God wanted us to suck cock, wouldn't He have given us lips? 

Do whales cause cancer? 

Is Reaganomics the science of holocaust-benefit analysis? 

Did the Polish Pope attend the College of Cardinals on a football scholarship? 

Why do people who say "there's no free lunch" have expense accounts? 

If sisterhood is powerful, shouldn't feminists douche more often? 

Why don't people take frivolity seriously? 

Why not cut class society? 

F YOL' would like to see less posers and more opposers; 
recoiless from rifles than you used to: 
are too poor for the ritual: 
throw temper tantrics: 
are more tactile than tactful: 
think Christianity is the Greatest Story Ever Sold: 
long for an alternative alternative: 
have no patience with patients: 
enjoy "6669"; 

oppose a first strike and propose a general strike: 
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PUNK PROPAGANDA 



-Maria 



PttOTFST OR PROSELYTISM 



Punk means question authority , right . 
Live by your own rules, not the govern- 
ments. We have too many people telling 
us what to do and how to do It-parents, 
teachers, preachers and the government. 
After dealing with all these assholes 
telling us what to do, we don't want to 
go to a show and hear a punk band tell 
us how to act- 
Mot everyone feels this way, but some 
people do. They feel that certain bands 
(most notably the Dead Kennedys) are 
telling people how to act. It can be 
• argued that punk is basical ly pol I tical 
In nature, but .other people feel that 
, politics should be left up to the indi- 
vidual. Most musicians from hard-core 
bands feel that politics should be dlc- 
'tated by the Individual , not bands and 
see themselves as an outlet for dissem- 
inating Ideas, not guidelines . I Inter- 
viewed both band members and audience 
to see how they felt. 

Maria: What do you think about bands 
that are political? Do you get the im- 
pression these bands are trying to tell 
vou what to do? 

Erica: Well, I think that a lot of the 
political bands are. Older bands-older 
people In the bands. A lot of times they 
get on the younger people, and that is 
what I don't like about them. A lot of 
times I agree with the political opin- 
ions but sometimes they tell people to 
grow up because they just do not know 
anything. But a lot of times people do 
not know what their views are. 

Duneko: It depends on the band. 
Maria: A lot of people get on the Dead 
Kennedys saying they're too political, 
that they try to tell people what to do. 
Duneko: Well, that's their style. They 
would not be the Dead Kennedys if they 
weren't political. They ' re Just stating 
. their opinion. 
Cheryl: But they know what they ' re talk- 
ing about. Lots of people probably like 
1 1 (the politics) . 

Sweet: Everyone's got their own thing 
to do, I think. They should all do it. 
Some people resent everything. Political 





bands have their acts. If you don t like 
their politics, start your own political 
band. It's human nature to disagree. For 
every coin you got a flipside. 
Peter: What do I think of them? I have 
strong doubts about their actual influ- 
ence upon people. I think most of them 
are fun to go to, as far as energy goes. 
I've seen the DK" s far too often. It s 
all right that they are around.... am 1 
beginning to sound like Biafra? 
Maria: Shut up. Well, what about bands 
like the Fuck Ups-people jump all over 
them for not fitti ng into their defini- 
tion of political. 

Peter: People like Tim Yohannon? I think 
that it's not just because they ' re apo- 
litical. I think it's because of a lot 
of other things. The drummer from the 
DK's once had a run-i n with Bob Noxious, 
the lead singer from the Fuck Ups. Bob 
was wearing a "Kill Niggers" T-shirt. 
So you can figure out right there what 
turns off the DK's. I think it's misun- 
derstanding on both parts. The Fuck Ups 
and their crowd may misunderstand where 
people like the DK's and Tim Yohannon 
are coming from, I think. Tim Yohannon 
and other folks are confused about where 
the Fuck Ups are coming from. 
Maria (to Deff , singer from Bad Posture): 
Your band doesn't have any overtly poli- 
tical songs. 

Deff: Yeah, and it's pretty obvious to _ 
me, because MDC is one of my favorite 
bands. I went to Texas with them once 
and 1 really dig them and they like us, 
but they're always singing about poli- 
tics. We like to sing about the things 
that happen to us, day today, everyday. 
Things that happen to us when we get up 
and walk around - that is what we sing 
about. We don' t sing about politics be- 
cause If you're a punk and you do not 
know you're getting fucked in the butt 
by the government , then why the fuck are 
you here? I mean, the hippies were say- 
ing, "Shit is gonna hit the fan, so be 
careful." We don't need to say that be- 
cause It's already hit the fan and eve- 
rybody knows that, from your financial- 
district person to people in the Tool 
and Die. We do not have to sing about 
.that. We're not worried about politics. 



We can leave that to the people who go 
on television and tell us how wonderful 
- — they are because they're running for gov- 
fclernor. As far as I'm concerned, I'd rath- 
er talk about me, my girlfriend, or my 
friends. It sounds real petty , but It ' s 
not. Darron from the DK's played with 
us because our drummer quit. The DK's 
are one of my favorite bands. Dello gets 
up there and ta Iks about Reagan and all 
that, and I am glad he does. The DK's, 
that's their trip and they are really 
good at It. They believe lnlt , so that 
is fine. But we don't believe in talk- 
ing about that, because to me it's not 
worth it. 

Maria: Do you think people get on Bad 
Posture for this attitude? 
'Deff: Tonight we got qui te a bl 6 of shi t . 
We always do, because a lot of my lyrics 
talk about how unless kids get united 
they're always gonna get fucked. We're 
not united. I do not care if you're a 
Nazi Punk, or not. It ' s a bunch of shi t , 
and they (the audience) don't like it. 
They were calling us hippies, "go back 
to the sixties," but I was a fucking 
hippy for vears. Fuck that. My older 
sister was a hippy. I don't care. I do 
not give a shit. 

Maria (to Darron, drummer for the Dead 
Kennedys): Do you think people resent 
the fact your band Is political? 

iDarron: I think that most of the Cats 
that are saying things about us. ..they 
don't want us to' be in the parental spot 
where they have been brought up from. 
Their parents have been telling them 
what to do. Punk Is supposed to be this 
anarchistic thing ' where you can do what 
you want and they feel that they don t 
need to be told what to do. If they have 
enough self confidence, they can do what 
they want to do anyway , and they ' re all 
gonna do what they want to do anyway. 
Maria (to Doe Dirt, guitarist for the 
Fuck Ups): Are the Fuck Ups non-poli- 
tlcal? 



Doe: Not real ly . We' re Just poor people , 
so we're political In that way. The sys- 
tem Is against us. We're just poor people 
livinii on the streets, 




DEFF of Bad Posture 
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Maria: So, In your songs you don't malic Maria : Do you think people resent the' reflect 
any specific references? political nature of your songs? 

3oe : Not in parti cular. Like, we' re not Dave: It has not happened to us yet. I 
politicians or anythi ng . Wc ' re just peo-don ' t try to preach to people, I'm just 
pie, down home people. laying 0S1 them where i am coming from. 

I don't go around saying, "do this, do 
that," Or t el 1 them howtovote. I think 
we do have a few political songs, Dohn 
Wayne was a Nazi , Born to Pic , but no- 
y taunts me about i t , ' r .iw7 you guys 
to that political shil." It's been 



people. 

3oe: Yeah, I think it's cool to be pol i- 
tlcal and everything, so long as it does 
not overwhelm. You can only be pol 1 tical' 
so much of the time. The rest Is Justjj^r 
living. Unless you can do something to 



change things you have to accept Tca'1 1 ty. !|°[|, 
for what it Is. C001 - 



sociological views, romblned 
with their emotions. With c.irh song I 
might not share every exact emotion, but 
I know it's com! ng from deep inside. It 
Is not coming from some cheap place. 
They're not the Nation.il Front ' s right- 
wing group that other people have painted 
them out to be. I may relate more on'a 
word-to-word basis lo what Ian McKaye 
(Minor Threat) is saying, but I find 
Bob Noxious totally valid. What I'm say-, 
lng is, to each his own. 



Maria 
Is MDC 



(to Dave, lead singer 
a political band? 

Dave : Yeah 
formed was 



for 



Maria: Are bands that 
MDC) : politics as political 



don ' t si ng about 



the whole nucleus of why we 
for political reasons. 




as you a-e? MANY OF THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS 

Dave: Everyone has their way of convey- ARTICLE TYPIFY THE VISHY-WASHY ESCAPIST 
ing their messages. Coming from their MENTALITY SO PREVALENT TODAY. PLEASE 
hearts and their spirit, the fuck Ups READ INTRO ON PAGE 3. TY 



Warsaw 

Polish police have arretted the 
organizers of an Illegal Solidarity 
union radio station, Including th« 
.announcer and a Belgian who 
smuggled the transmitter Into the 
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all mews about leftist guerril- 
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The Church Police are Walnut Greek, 
a suburban paradise of spacious malls 
and Taco Bella. The vacancy of their 
environment is suitable yeast for the 
mold of their songs. In the beginning, 
Eric said he wanted the Church Police 
to be the most dopressini; band ever. 
In the eyes of many, they've succeeded. 
BRUCE : It rules. I don't understand 
all these SF people who are afraid to 
go beyond the Caldecott Tunnel. The 
East Bay is really whore it's at if 
you want calm crozineso. 
TIM : Well, it's not that great. It's 
kind of boring. 
BRUCE : It's boring but it rules. 



DAVE : The center of the universe, San 
Francisco man. 

TIM : When we were driving through 
Texas, Arizona, Mexico, we kept saying, 
"All these people here are morons. 
They don't know anything.". These res- 
taraunts in Arizona had these pamphlets 
that are kinda like religion but kinda 
like Burroughs control system. The 
control system is something that you're 
sucked into as you get older, go to 
College and GET A JOB which pays like 
20-30 thousand a year increasing by 3 
thou a year. 

ERIC : Hey Tim, wouldn't you rather be 
making 20 thousand a year than fuckin' 





A cold night in San Francisco, and 
Tim is telling his version of the cre- 
ation myth of the Church' Police. 
TIM: One day at this* show in Concord 
I said "I'm gonna start a band called 
the Church Police. Who wants to be in 
it?" Eric was standing around and... 
ERIC : We had a bass. Bruce had a bass 
amp and we didn't. 

MAX R-R : Is that the only reason you 
used him? 
ERIC : Basically. 

TIM : I wanted to be the frontman. That 
was the real idea behind the group, be- 
cause at the time I was drumming for 
the Maroons. Bruce and Dave formed 
that band when we were all going to 
City College. I first saw Dave walking 
down the steps of the administration 
building wearing these red pants. I 
said"This guy looks like a jerk." Then 
later on we went to Bruce 's writing 
class once and you did that thing 
called "The Chair." ,. t> 
DAVE : Oh Jesus. ij J 

BRUCE : We're going to emberrass Dave. 
TIM : Thl3 was written before anybody 
knew anybody. 

DAVE : I left my Stepmom's chair out 
in the rain and she got pisBed, so I 
wrote a poem about it. 
TIM : I happenned to go into this wri- 
ting class... 
DAVE : I had problems. 
TIM : ...And there was this guy doing 
this thing called "The Chair." We all 
thought it was real stupid. We did. 

The Church Police recently reunited 
after an overly long period of non-ac- 
tivity, which caused much speculation 
as to the reality of their existence. 
But they never really broke up, because 
they never officially got together. 

For awhile Dave and Tim didn't play 

they felt they "had better things to 
do." That's all over now, Tim and Dave 
are back from Mexico and ready to play. 
TIM: We went to the gulf of Mexico, 
the Yucatan, and the Mayan ruins. It 
was a literary journey, 'cause I read 
lots of books. Do you know why it was 
inspiring? Down in Mexico we kept say- 
ing, Fuck, what're we doing here, we 
'■should be in San Francisco, practicin' 
land playin' shows. 
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3 dollars and 50 



-Eric Bradner" 
cents or whatever? 



TIM: But Eric, what would you say it 
they tell you if you do this you gotta 
quit the band, and you gotta quit wri- 
tin'. If you get a telephone operator 
job, or like a PG&E job, they want you 
to go home and not even do nothing. 
(Bruce comes back from the bathroom) 
BRUCE : What are you talking about? I 
work as a recieving clerk for this com- 
pany that makes buttons and trim, and 



I also deliver stuff. 

ERIC : I work at Accumation, this tax 

place, putting taxes together. Like, 

I could fuck people up, but I don't 

know who I'm fucking up. I can't take 

no money. 

DAVE : I am unemployed and proud of it. 

n_M: I'm unemployed right now too. 

ERIC: No way! You work at that shitty 

little place. 

TIM: I went in there the other day and 

3aid,"Hey, I'm back," and they said... 

ALL: Who cares? 

3AVE : That's OK, we both read Henry 

Miller, we both want to be bums. 

f I M : Yeah, literary bums. 

DAVE : No, just bums. 

TIM : Remember when we played that 
Throbbing Gristle show? Will, from 
FLIPPER, said to c;me early and play 
They said, "Use our equipment. It's 
cool." We went there and Ian said, 
"You guys can' t play, get the fuck outta 
here. " 

DAVE : Ted's guitar hung down to my 
knees . 

TIM : Then later those big bouncers 
they had with long hair and beards were 
trying to beat Dave up. 
DAVE : They stomped me pretty good. 
ERIC : When? 

DAVE : At Throbbing Gristle. 
■ ERIC : No way. 
TIM : You wanna bet, you just sat up- 
stairs and smoked pot, but when Flipper 
was playing we were running across the 
stage. 

DAVE : Some fat guy stomped on my foot. 
" TlM : And, later Ward goes, "Hey, let's 
,rip out their sink." So we did. We 
'went back in about 20 minutes and th 
whole bathroom was in, like, 3 inches 
|of water. 

It's March 6, 1982, and the Church 



Police are "scheduled to play with the 
Dead Kennedys in, of all places, Walnut 
Creek. It's the great take-it-to-the 
suburbs tour, with the local boys fi- 
nally playing on home turf. The crowd 
is groundbreakingly stupid, and go to 
outrageous extremes to show how "punk" 
they are. Hey, there's no convenient 
var.so let's pretend, kids I It's mainly 
composed of made-up suburban kids pos- 
ing in an obnoxious manner which they 
suppose qualifies them for some kind 
bf rebel status. Unfortunately, along 
with their lack of humor comes a lack 
of originality, which negates taking 
any of their copycat antics seriously. 
the Church Police play and everyone 
stares woodenly. What is this shit, 
man? We thought this was gonna be a 
Punk rock show. To put it lightly, the 
Church Poloce are not your garden var- 
iety thra3h band. Not knowing what to 
do with this strange emanation, the 
crowd takea the easiest way out and 
snarls its' hate. They spit, yell, make 
gestures, throw things, hit, you know, 
your typical type A look-in-your-punk- 
textbook-do-Hook mean-enough bullshit 
The band reacts in an exemplary manner 
and just go about their business. After 
all, they were asked to play, noone 
asked the crowd to come and make trou- 
ble. And 'twas surely a loutish crew. 
I mean, ready to kill. They really 
loved the band (even if they wouldn't 
see it that way), simply because they 
hated them so much. Finally the Church 
Police were pulled offstage, which was 
wise. I would like to have them live 
to play again. Their steadfast behavior 
at this show again proves the motto: 
Church Police is God. Church Police 
is Disco. 
AX R-R: Are the Church Police a fun 



band? 

BRUCE : Always never, fun. 

DAVE : I think at our shows you have to 

take notes to really appreciate them. 

BRUCE: PARTY I 




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™^realized that we -again, if, 
Jpif we led them back to that stalemate 
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bur seconds, or strike at them after ou^j| 
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Military governments like Pakistan. El Salvaoor and 
Korea are being budgeted vast amounts of military aid (aid. 
a Euphemism for destruction and misery. Aid once meant. 
-to hfllp," as in to provide food.Oierter and succor! to 
defend themselves against the "World Terrorism evil 
Russia has brought to their dominions. I fail to see the 
difference between a Commie bullet and a Yankee bullet. 
which is more deadly? When both left-wing and right-wing 
gunmen drag people out of their houses to blow their 
brains out end even Pakistan might have a "bomb among 
the thousands and thousands of nuke-ulBr weapons scat- 
tered around the globe, it hardly matters who pulls the 
trigqer. The stench of death is foul no matter which way 
the wind blows. During WWI idealistic Dada end Futurist 
artists ran off to fight, as an artistic act of greatness. The 
amount of aid that Reagan has already sent to El Salvador 
is much mora than the amount he wants to cut Arts 
programs. So, artists, musicians and dancers, join the 
right! That reborn Christian and humanitarian Jimmy Car- 
ter approved a whopping $910 million in military aid in 
1 979. Under Reagan we can hope for a Carte Blanche to 
the battlefield. 

"I don't want It Reagan's way. I want 
It like anarchy. No way, no rule over 
anything. Freedom of thought. We're just 
pawns in Reagan' s chess match . -he used 
us to get Into power. He's like Hitler 
...he promises one thing, then he changes 
his mind. Hitler was an anarchist at 
first. Reagan Is a kind of anarchist. 
He promised a lot of things, but now he 
is going back on his word... I hate the 
fuckln 1 ' shit, man, I'd shoot the bas- 
tard. He' s gonna send us to war over the 

(Falklands) shit. ..all that nuclear bomb 
shit, man. I do not wanna die for t 

United States' mistakes. 

-Den; Havoc 



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We could appeal to 
your patriotic feelings 
about America. 




Rebellion Against Authority 



Does Haigravation bother yog? 

Someone offers you a "line", but It 
turns out to be the politically correct 
kind. You turn on the radio, and some- 
body Is telling you that your favorite 
bands are too racist and sexist. A punk 
writes a grafltto saying that the radio 
show's staff are a bunch of white male 
supremists laying a sexist, misogynist 
trip on us. Do you hate the Government 
but have friends who hate all poll t ical 
bands. Are you an activist, anarchist, 
or an apathist? Does it natter? 

Anarchy? Most punks aqree that It's 
the only answer - the hope for survival 
in this crazy World ; but confusion and 
disagreement about what anarchy really 
means as an active (or passive) way to 
change this culture and destroy all of 
Its dangerous power keeps us, the Punk 
Underground, split apart and unable to 
get anywhere with our manic revolt. We 
use the word "anarchy" so freely, draw- 
ing the symbol (A) everywhere, but the 
U.S.Covernmerit still holds our fragile 
future In Its bloody hands. Our 'scene 
is the only real alternative, a motley 
bunch of misfits who've built a social 
vanguard of radical political and art- 
istic attitudes that has so much hard- 
core anger, a crazy, zealous rage that 
Just might deal America a painful blow 
where all the hippies, Yippies and Hew 
Left passlvactivlsts only made the Im- 
perialist Dog itch a little. But how? 

Anarchy Is an absence of government, 
or It Is political disorder, or a con- 
flict of opinions; all three describe 
our scene, right? Between all the Nazi 
punks, commie punks, mlddleclass punks, 
art punks, Zen punks ,• Industrial punks, 
surf punks, psychobllly punks, drugged 
junks, week-end pu+iks, old-timer punks 
ind freshly mohawked newcomers we have 
3 weird, wide variety of attitudes and 
Ideas. . .like, hey, we don't even agree 
;hat there really I s an exciting scene, 
nuch less a unified cultural and pol It- 
Ical movement. There've been constant, 
stupid debates/sermons on the subject. 
No one likes people shouting atop soap 
boes' -self-righteaous dogmatics wl th a 
hair up their ass; but what if they're 
right? I mean, maybe you expect to die 
young, but do you worry a little, just 
a bit, about El Salvador, the ERA (too 
late!) and the starving punks in Br Ixton? a 

I dunno. Punks are so "right-on , so 
intelligent, pol i t leal and radical , but 
w: don't seem to make much of a dent In 
the armor of amoral America. Then again, 
even Denz Havoc, self-styled Nazi Punk, 
sees some of the problems, saying some 
| unexpected things... 



..pogolng, slamming ... It ' s gener- 
ally the same, but about the politics, 
like, uh, people call me and a few mem- 
bers of my group, call us Nazi Punks... 
like, we're against what 3ello (Biafra) 
stands for. ..like, 'Nazi Punks .FuckOff!' 
He has the wrong idea. First he sings, 
'Nazi Punks, Fuck Off,' then he sings, 
'California Uber Alles,' which Is like 
Nazi concentration camps, you know. We 
aren't pre]udlced against nobody that s 
not prejudiced against us. Welikeeve- 
rybody, man. We just like the symbol 



the Nazi armband 



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~* — — . 

"rtafTw^T^ToT^ be accepted in the f 
Army, because every military person I 
have ever seen called me a freak. They 
don't accept freaks. People like me... 
we wear earrings and leathers and shit. 
Like, I've been this way since '76. 

"They want us to, uh , fight for our 
country. I'm not gonna fight on foreign 
soil. ..If I'm gonna have to fight, I'm 
gonna fight here, where I know where I 
at. If anyone invades, I know every 
little street. I got my chains... like 
this one with a lock on It. Man, ain't 
Hobody gonna fuck with me. I'll fuckln' 
backstab a guy, hit him across the back 
of his head if he comes in my territory. 
I'll steal his weapon. I'll protect my 
fuckln' family, man." 






LH 



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Washington 

Pal Boone led some of Washington'! best- 
known politicians and socialites in gospel 
tongs atthe Kennedy Center Wednesday night 
— tongs that gave the Concert Hall, at least 
temporarily, the air or a Christian revival. 

Boone, who opened his act in a satiny green Jacket 
with "Heaven" written across the back, sane to the 
crowd: 

"He's got the president of the United Slate* in his 
hand. 

;ot the whole country In his hand." 






Punk patriotism? Armed garage-guer- 
illa bands? Territorial imperative, or 
Improbable terrorists? His macho bray- 
ado almost forgives his political con- 
fusion. Next, we have some different, 
to say the least, ideas from Mike Mani- 
'ifesto, avowed Communist... 

"This scene Is .1 scene of rebellion," 
In the sense of rebellion against the 
status guo. 1 think that al 1 people who 
want to abolish class distinctions and 
exploitation shoul d support thi s rebel- 
lion. Not Just soy, ' It ' s alright ,' and 
let it go at that, but raise people's 
consciousness ... see that it's not Just 
mindless rebel 1 1 on . . . to direct It even 
higher. The system has thrown these kids 
into revolt.. _ , „ 

"It's time to "joliY'tho International 
movement to prepare for revolution. It 
(Marxism) isn't Just an armchair philo- 
sophy! it's a philosophy of action, it 
is okay to rebel. The vouth faces auth- 




aveprobablyiustthoue|^^ 

ops, teachers, the economic [ 



rTty from 

system. ..no future. . . teen a grsulcide is 
the highest... their culturcisconstant- 
ly being attacked ... thl s Is the World 
they have to face, and that is why I' 
here." 

Manifesto obviously digs the pol I t 
leal bands and ran bv seen a I. many shows 
s.elllog Revolutionary Worker papers an,c 
L. liking Lo anyone who doesn * I walk away 
from him about Communism, current events 
and things like histo rical dialectics 
Our scene Is a melting pot of social 
rejects whose apparent common purpose 
is to get fucked-up, freak people out 
destroy the State and ( I f possible ) die 
young in the process. Some kids work to- 
wards a Marxist revolution. Others feel 
that staying in bed a 11 day 1 s revolting 
enough. I dunno. Some work. Some get SSI 
and some steal or deal. It doesn't make 
any goddamn sense. I mean, who are we 
and what the hell are we trying to get 
done in this sick soci ety? Or am I sick? 



Does It Make Any Difference? 

1 didn't find any answers; punks are 
chaotic with their Ideas -but something, 
keeps us together. Our politics, by de- 
flnltlon, are determined by what we, as 
a group, do with ourselves: the action, 
the .state-of -being , the purpose and the 
structure of the many different kids who 
make up our scene. No one else wants us, 
so we're stuck wl th each other . What we 
are, what we're gonna do and how we'll 
work together is a mystery. One punk in' 
prison, whose letter Is prl nted on p. 25 
sent us a questionnaire that goes over- 
the whole gamut of punk ethics and es- 
thetics. Read hi s let ter , respond to hif 
questions (c/o Max R-n-R Box 288 Berk. 
CA 9*701) and we'll print the results. 
Who knows? Maybe It'll do something a-' 
bout our alcoholic atrophy, aggressive 
antipathy and artistic angst. Act, you 
apathetic assholes! 



"It's a hairline you normally 
tee only on a child or 1 eunuch," 
says Dr. Norman Orentretch, the 
Inventor of the hair transplant, who 
has studied men's scalps for three 
decades and still has a hard time 
accounting tor Ronald Reagan s 
hairlin e. 

'••' " "exhaosteot 



Reverse the aolna process. 

In depriving yourself 

of sufficient 

sleep and rest 

you will accomplish 

not more, but less. 



•POISONING 

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AXOXMTIKJk 




1 wanted to write about all the news 
on the wars around the World -not Just 
the obvious ones (Lebanon, the Malvlna 
falklands, El Salvador, Afghanistan 4 
Cambodialbut all the battles throughout 
Ihe Middle East, South and Ce ntral and 
North America. US and USSR satellite 
countries ar,d everywhere In between... 
cverv.hcrc the gun, the Media and the 
mlgh'tv dollar/ruble controls the lives 
of so many. ..the fight in the streets, 
the Courts, the Congress, the under- 
ground Press and Radio, the workplace 
and the school s .. .BUT THE ST DRY IS TOO 
FUCKIM' BIG! 

Putting together this magazine has 
been exhausting. 1 get home from work 
and spend the night working with the 
rest of the staff, dreaming in mv 
sleep about tcm» , proofreading and 
photographs -«akinq up from the dream 
to get more don- before 1 leave again. 
All of us do. Hot because of fame, oS 
or power -we have all the power *e 
need In what we think, say and do. My 
personal politics are based on my art 
my work and all the creative iiu-ryy T 
can put into Informing, amusing, feed- 
'no and helping anvone who can djg my 
.nrOduct -end un taskl ng ,denoun<- i i.g and 
destroying the blind, violent, vulgar 
people who would rather put me to work 
In a coal mine, auto plant ,chai n-gang 
or a battlefield. My art, mv writing, 
my photos, my strong-minded struggle 
to edit, re-work and produce the stuff 
!n this magazine is work they cannot 
tax me for. WE get all the reward- 
even If our courage kills us. If 1 ve 
alienated a friend or two criticizing 



cause this guerilla band can't slo 
down for straggler's. I'm not communist 
or democratic about everything. I a« 
damn jlngl e-mlnded and egotistical. I 
believe in what we are doing and any 
decisions and actions', I 've made (no 
natter how good" or bad, they've been) 
I Made because of my belief In the 



scene 1 s made to hel 



One Dadalat dodged the draft, narrow. y 
escaping from the, «... .police nyroidens who, 
for their so-railed patriotic purposes. 
v/»re Bassing Ben In the '.renche.- af Northern 
France and givinr. thea .-Leila 1" eat... None 
o<" <ib had much appreciation for tn» kind of 
courage It takes to pet shn.t for the idea r 
a nation which Is a' bert h cartel of pelt 
serehants and profiteers In leather, at 
worst a cultural rsaociation of psychopaths. 




HAIG 

'-DEBATES 

,ORLD WAR 

STRATEGY 

r WITH ALT- 

5R 



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i Our new government, with shooc-'em-up-cowpoke 
Ronald Reagan and the "Strangelovean" Alexander Haig 
at the helm, proposes to slash the budget, cut taxes and 
put an end to World Terrorism. Foreign aid will be cut. 
mostly Infood, medical and business support, leaving the 
flow of guns and bullets at virtual flood force. Our invest- 
ment tip for today: buy steel; Congress approved $136 
billion for Defense in 19B1/19B2. Hey. maybe the 
400.000 who will lose their CETA |obs could join the Armyl 
Unemployment and food stamps are being cut back, Social 
Security, legal aid, Medicaid, Educational and Arts & 
Humanities programs all face big cuts or elimination. Only 
the '"truley needy" need apply. As the respected 
economist Milton Friedman said, "If you pay peopls to be 
poor, you're going to have a lot of poor people." If you're 
old. sick, uneducated and out of work, just look in the 
want-ads! There's lots of jobs. Hey. the Army will feed and 
clothe you. and if you get back In one piece they will send 
you to school. That kidney cancer, though, had nothing to 

' do with all the Agent Orange you used back in Nam. If guns 
scare you. go to work in Ronnie's $6 billion nuclear 
weapons industry. 



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HRR: Since there aren't so many shows 
for of f-and-on-agai n bands to play, 
■hy do you guys stay together? 

Hark: We're a bowling team. 
Ronny: Lack of anything else better to 
do. 

Hark: Because I can eat burrltos be- 
fore I come here. 
Lllam: ...or you can get free beer. 

Ronny: We do this because there are no 
shows to go to, so we play for our- 
selves and whoever wants to come and 
watch us practice. 

HRR: There are a lot of other bands 
around that are a lot like you. Can 
you think of anything you guys could 
do to get some shows going? 
Kurt: We're going to get Mohawks and 
take a lot of drugs. 

Lliam: No, seriously, I think bands 
should start getting together to put 
on their own shows. 

bands get 
are about 
time. 



up to you 
ting up 
would start 

eadli ni ng 
's about 
i ne a show, 

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Mark: They do, but the same 
the same other bands. There 
six bands that play all the 

Lllam: Yeah, but It's still 
really. You should start set 
your own shows. Then things 
happening. 

Mark: There are not enpugh h 
bands out here though. There 
three .bands that could headl 
specially on a weeknight. 

fconny: The Dead Kennedys pla 
body goes . 

MRR : Why have a headline ban 
a bunch of people get togeth 
then have fun? 

Mark: There's really no place. If you ' 
have a major club and they have to 
neet their overhead, and if you start 
having shows that nobody goes to, then 
they're not going to have you play 
there anymore. They'll get new wave 
bands or something so people will come 
So you got to have it in somebody ,'s 
garage. Anybody got a garage? 
Lllam: TSOL charge 51,000 to play. 

Mark: Black Flag and the Dead Kennedys 
are the only ones who have played up 
here In the past year that don't charg 
They'll take a percentage, but all the 
others demand a guarantee. 
Lliam: Flipper doesn't charge, they 
get rioped of like everyone else. 

MRR: Kurt told me that TSOL was pissed 
off about your name. That It used to 
be their old name. 



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don't hav 
that's th 
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pin' us o 
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Ronny : Su 
com! ng ou 
about tha 
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no record 
read fanz 
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Hark: But 
TSOL next 



only main thing is that we 
e any big birds in our band, 
e only difference. We don't 
y suits and prance around. 

11, I thought they were ri p- 

ff 'cause they have a drummer, 

ought of that first. We had a 

a drummer way before them. 

pposedly, we heard about this 
t of Reno. They sai d somethi ng 
t TSOL was called Vicious 
nd we had no Idea. They had 
Is out and we don't like to 
ines anyway, because half of 
just boring bullshit. 



we're changing our name to 
week. 

HRR: Why didn't you put pictures on 
the flyer that's coming out with the 
record? (Not So Quiet On The Western 
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liam: Being positive about things, 
iKurt and I can agree. It's like people 
could be in the right direction, but 
they're so busy. I wrote a song called 
"Religion" about people getting 
drugged with political bullshit. I am 
completely against politics whatsoever 
I'm not an anarchist, not a Reaganist, 
I'm not a Buddhist... 



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it's all religion 
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re so drugged by 
n' It and doing it 

fitting into cate- 
hungry, and all we 
' religion. People 
ce if they can get 
hit that's getting 

throats. That's 
punk rock. This band 
that Is crap. We're 

to go out and shoot 
the t ow n . 



Kurt: We're Just tryin' to te 
to figure out what's going on 

Mark: What's wrong with drugs 

Lliam: Drugs as far as televi 
Fuck, you go to a rest home a 
do they do? They give all the 
drugs so they fuckln' sit aro 
zombie out and they can do wh 
they want. That's what this c 
it's like a giant rest home., 
are getting younger and young 
true. The age for elderly peo 
now sixteen .. .The 14-year old 
jumping around, and the 16-ye 
are going, "Yeah man. I'm bel 
I'm wearing my leather. I pal 
these spikes and half my mone 
went to make bombs, but I'm c 
an anarch-..." Uh-Unh. They'r 
They're all taking their pi 1-1 
Reagan's got them all in thei 
chairs, right where he wants 



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the Falklands or 
die East? 
Ronny: It's not a 
goi ng to be one 
It's Just politic 

Kurt : It's so we 
i ng something lik 
When we go In sou 
outraged. People 
"Oh yeah, it's Ju 
those," and we're 
selves 1 nt o the s 
in the headlines 
down the street . 



anything to say about 
the wars in the Mid- 
war. There's only 
ar to end all wars . 
al bullshit. 

can get used to see- 
e this in the paper, 
ewhere, we won't be 
are going to say, 
st another one of 

going to get our- 
ame thing . You see it 
as .you' re walk! ng 



Lliam: It's more drugs. Get used to 
this, get used to this. 

Mark: Politics are fighting the war 
there. Not people, politics. 

MRR: Mark, why do you continue to play 
In two bands? I know it's enjoyable, 
but what else? 

Mark: It 
team. I us 
about 6 or 
listen! ng 
to the lyr 
to me and 
the only o 
and ever>b 
which made 
I started 
to the wor 
son, and I 
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3eff Bale <3B 
Ruth Schwartz (RS) 
Tim Yohannan (TY) 




"A nan that should call everything 
by its right name would hardly pass 
the streets without being knocked 
down as a common enemy." 

George Seville, 
17th century philosopher-statesman 

A truism and a warning, but one that 
I will not heed. In this section, all 
the reviewers will risk the status of 
"common enemy" by being as honest as 
possible and attempting to call every- 
thing by its right name, no matter how 
painful that may be for the parties In 
question. Stepping on toes is an occu- 
pational hazard for a critical reviewer : 
so If you're looking for sycophancy or 
payola, read Creem and Rolling Stone. 
We've never been timid or subtle on the 
MAXIMUM ROCK'n'ROLL radio show, and I 
see no reason to change just because we 
are now operating In the medium of print . 
There, don't say I did not warn you in 
advance. 

Since this Is our first issue, I guess 
It's my responsibility as review editor 
to clarify bur review policy. We will 
be covering records, demo tapes, live 
:oncerts, films, books and anything else 
we deem interesting enough to waste ef- 
fort and space on. To avoid inducing 
boredom, the format will normally con- 
sist of numerous short reviews rather 
than a few ln-depth pieces (though there 
nay be occasional exceptions If some- 
thing really grabs us). This approach 
suits our volatile personalities better 

nd will hopefully enable us to strike 
„ balance between the tedious 1 ntellec- 
tual masturbation that current ly passes 
for conventional pop Journalism and the 
typical "yeah, wow, fuckln- cool' fan- 

1 ne style. 



Brevity Is especially necessary In the 

fcase of recorded music, because the num- 

>er of worthy new releases makes it lm- 

ossible to consider many at length with- 



out neglecting scores of others . Hence, 
our goal Is to cover lots of territory 



and give exposure to as many good bands 
as possible. Why waste a page overana- 
lyzlng the latest 3oy 
when you can cover 20 



Division release 
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same spacer 

At this point, I'd like to define some 
commonly-used descriptive categories for 
various subgenres of punk music. Most 
punks will already be aware of the dis- 
tinctions between these categories (al- 
though they often overlap In practice), 
but since this magazine Is Intended to 
bridge the gap be tweeii poll tlcal people 
unfamiliar with punk culture and punks 
unfamiliar with poll tlcal realities , it 
Is necessary to de fine them for the for- 
mer's benefit. 

1) Thrash punk: ultra fast 2- or 3- 
chord rock with screamed vocals, often 
with political themes. , 

2) ' 77 or "classical" punk: mid-tempo 
(but still very fast by conventional rock 

standards) 2-or 3- chord rock with sung 
or screamed vocals, often containing 
catchy choruses and political themes 

3) Garage punk = raunchyprimltlve rock 
with sneering vocals , of ten with humor- 
ous or Just plain stupid themes; akin 
to 60' s punk^ rock . 

<i)'"6l" or skinhead punk: relatively 
slow or mid- tempo 2 or 3 -chord rock, wl th 
raw sandpaper vocals and soccer-chant 
choruses . 

5) Heavy Metal (HM) punk: slow tomid- 
tempo punk with HM chord progressions and 
relatively long guitar solos based on 
blues riffs. 

fi) Punky pop: pop melodl es backed with 
heavily distorted ("punk") guitars, 
often featuring vocal harmonies, hook- 
laden choruses, and typical teenag 
themes ■ 

7) Post-punk: a term originally ap- 
plied to more experimental derivations 
of punk ; It now encompasses a broad range 



Two other often-used terms deal with 
content rather thanmuslcal style. "Pol- 
itical punk" obviously refers to punk of 
any musl cal variety that has a political 
theme. In the punk context, this gener- 
ally Implies an anarchist or leftist 
perspective. "Funnypunk" Is punk of any 
type that has overtly satirical or ooofy 
lyrics. Needless to say , these terms are 
Intended merely as guide posts tosimoll- 
fy description, not as descri ptlons per 
se . 



That's It for the borlnq Introductions 
If you want your stuff reviewed , please 
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Everyone familiar with alternative 
musical developments knows that we ar 
In the midst of a renewed explosion ofl 
punk culture, one that Is unprecedentec 
in size and scope . It Is happen I ng every- 
where in the Industrialized West, but 
currently its most vital manifestation 
Is right here In the U.S. The American 
hardcore scene has developed a much 
stronger political conscience In the 
last two years, and the music it has 
produced 1 s generally more frenetic and 
Intense than that of Its International 
counterparts. I say this without the] 
slightest degree of patriotic sentiment, 
but only to counteract the deep-seatei 
feeling of those who have been brain- 
washed into bellevl ng that English rock 
and roll Is Inherently superior. That 
may have been true In 1977, but It sure 
as hell Isn't ln> '1982. Moreover, ascon- 
dittons In the U.S. worsen -as they un- 



of styles from abrasive noise with heavyldoubtedly will under the Reagan admln- 
rhythms to sophisticated forms of popll stra tlon -we can expect American punk 
to many varieties of "progressive" andlto get even better In the forseeable 



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B TEAM - "What is This?" 



Yes, they do have a lot of GANG OF FOUR influence, 
which often becomes boring. Such is the case with the 
two B sides. But the A side is blessed with a much 
more raw and aggressive sound- the redeeming side of 
'post-punk'. (TY) 
(B Team-2642 22nd Ave. -San Francisco, CA 94116) 



BATTALION OF SAINTS - "Fighting Boys" EP 

Fast HM punk with good political lyrics. The tunes 
are strong, but there's a bit too much lead guitar 
wanking for my taste, especially on "I'm Gonna Make 
You Scream." Still, it's a promising debut. (JB) 
(Nutrons-2015 Meade Ave. -San Diego, CA 92116) 



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BEAVER - "Trendy" EP 

A new 10-song EP from the D.C. area. Half of it 
is the standard D.C. thrash- pretty good but not 
outstanding. The other half consists of short bursts 
of concentrated noise with a stop/start arrangement, 
sort of like the MINUTEMEN. Mail away for it, because 
you probably won't find it in the stores. (JB) 
(Choice Cut-4911 Cordell Ave.-Bethesda, MD 20814) 

BUCK FLAG - "TV Party" EP 

A side is B.F.'s most commercial song, and features 
current drummer Emil. B side's "I've Got to Run" and 
"My Rules," sound more like the L.P., with fill-in 
drummer Bill. Production is even cleaner though. 
Bring back Robo! (TY) 
(SST Records-P.O.B. 1-Lawndale. CA 90; 






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BUCK HUMOR - LP 

These guys are some sort of S.F. studio concoction, 
and they are lunatics. They swing from music for 
nightmares to rhythmic jungle rock. Recommended for 
the flexible. Check out their individually designed 
sleeves and enclosed worms! (RS) 
(Fowl Records-P.O.B. 1821-San Francisco, CA 94101) 



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DISCHORDS - "Dirty Habits" EP 

What an anomaly! An English clone punk group from 
California. Even if the singer is English, and he'd 
better be with an accent like that, there's no excuse 
for the other members aping their Britpunk counter- 



. parts when they're from a state known for superior 
f hardcore bands. "Truth Comes Out" and "When You're 

SefSttL^iS" 05 ^" 1 Can ^ GiVe Y ° U EVerythln8/ \ I?™ a^rworth'talking: HTUr'' ^ ^ 



Hey Little Bird" 

Greg Prevost and company again come through with 
great 60' s punk from the 80' s. The "monaural" sound 
and snot-nosed vocals give this 45 an amazingly 
authentic feel, so much so that I'm actually remin- 
iscing. But you don't have to have been a teenage 
asshole in 1966 to enjoy it today- it'll still drive 
your neighbors crazy. (JB) 
(Living Eye-53 Fairway Dr. -Rochester, NY 14612) 

CHILD M0LEST0RS - "Wir lieben die jugendliche Madchen" 
EP 






(Reckless-no address) 

DRED FOOL AND THE DIN - "So Tough/Sanctuary" 



A remarkably distinctive record, combining the best 
elements of the VELVET UNDERGROUND, LOVE, and the 
LEGENDARY STARDUST COWBOY. With these raunchy points 
of reference, this can only be described as "psycho- 
pi delic." Wow! (JB) 
5 (ReliRious-P.O.B. 202-Hanover Box Stn.-Boston, MA 0211 

4 EFFIGIES - "Body Bag/Security" 
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urrected! The band that brought you "I'm the Hillside A « a PP«"i«gly straightforward while "Security" has 

Strangler" is back, at least on vinyl. This material, L^!? 1 '^ i fv?."" la * er 5u° £ "*«»"ic 8«itar 
nrioinsii,, r ^ nr d a A h „ i 07r t. uui -i, <- Di ,„ W. and an occasional dubbed vocal. The production here 



I normally hate HM punk, but the EFFIGIES do it so 

Cover your ears, the CHILD M0LEST0RS have been res- P T!" tha ?. Cll i e80 !: 1 " . e «° me m ! a n J n 8 le g 8 - "Bodybag" 

K is appealingly straightforward while "Security" ' 

a dance-oriented beat with layers of m 
ft and an occasional dubbed vocal. The production here 
doesn't compare with their earlier EP, but they do 
include some hilariously uninformed literature about 
punk rock by right-wing (U.S. Labor Party) and left- 
wing (Progressive Labor) retards. (JB) 
(Ruthless-P.O.B. 1458-Evanston, IL 60204) 

FARTZ - "Because this Fuckin' World Stinks" EP 



originally recorded in 1978, is like the movie Plan 

Nine from Outer Space- it has enormous appeal pre- 

cisely because it's so awful. With titles like "I'm 

Gonna Punch you in the Face" and the most amateur 

musicianship imaginable, I've got to recommend it. 

(JB) 

(Ace & Duce-P.O.B. 691-South Pasadena, CA 91030) 

CODE OF HONOR/SICK PLEASURE - LP 

Glad S.P. bit the dust, this being a posthumous 
release- too H.M. for my taste, with lyrics of equal 
mentality. CODE OF HONOR side is much better- still 
traces of metal (Mike Fox being guitarist in both 
bands) but the thrash cuts are tight, with inter- 
esting variations. Jonithin Christ's (ex-SOCIETY 
DOG) lyrics and vocals make all the difference here- 
he's graduated from nihilism to advocacy of peace, 
unity, and political action. (TY) 
(Subterranean Records-577 Valencia-S.F. 94110) 

CRAP DETECTORS - Superficial World LP 

Jim Jacobi, one of the American indie pioneers of 
the late 70' s, has come up with an eclectic mixture 
in this new incarnation of his CRAP DETECTORS- An 
underlying intelligence is evident throughout this 
album, but the music, which ranges from garage punk 
to garage reggae ("Phenominal Technical"), is only 
sporadically engaging. (JB) 
(Permanent Press-3401 Otoe-Lincoln, NE) 

DA - 'iTime Will be Kind" 12" EP 

A marked improvement over their debut. This time 
around their influences- SI0UXIE, GANG OF 4, etc- 
aren't as obvious, so if you've got a hankering for 
sophisticated guitar-oriented post-punk, DA is for 
you. "Strangers" is "an especially haunting song, and 
the guitar work is exquisite throughout. (JB) 
(Autumn-2427 N. Janssen-Chicago, IL 60614) 

DEGENERATES - "Fallout" EP 

'77-style punk from Texas. It's real good in a 
vaguely nostalgic way, with lyrics ranging from 
intelligent ("Fallout") to stupid ("Scrungy Girl"). 
"Radio Anarchy" is a particularly catchy track with 
slightly muddled sentiments. (JB) 
(Hit S Run-2542 Palo Pinto-Houston, TX 77080) 



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p so hard and fast that they leave most hardcore bands 

A behind in a cloud of dust, but they still manage to ' 

j exercise a lot of brainpower. .This EP is as intelli- 

. gent, frenetic, and intense as any you're likely to 

| hear, so get it now before it's out of print. (JB) 

(Fartz-3915 S.W. Lander-Seattle, WA 98116J 



FLIPPER - Generic Flipper LP 




The hype surrounding FLIPPER has already reached 
nauseating proportions, and I have no intention of 



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p adding to it. If you're downed out, you'll like their 4 

A abrasive slow numbers and if you're straight-edge, 

■ you'll probably prefer the fast abrasive tracks 

J ("Living for the Depression," "Nothing") that they sel- J 

dom do these days. FLIPPER was much better back when W 

this albun was recorded, before they started taking W 

A themselves too seriously. After all, any joke - no mat- 4 

ter how effective - ceases to be amusing if it's told 

j too often. (JB) 

P (Subterranean-912 Bancroft Way-Berkeley, CA 94710) 
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too often. (JB) 

(Subterranean-912 Bancroft Way-Berkeley, CA 94710) 

FUCK-UPS - "Negative Reaction" EP 

Mediocre 77-style punk, including one song ("White 
Boy") about a dumb white guy trying to be as ignorant 
as some dumb low-rider types. Unfortunately, it's not 
a satire, as singer Bob Noxious constantly finds new 
ways to act out his insecurities and aggression in 
public. Ignore. (TY) 
(Fowl Records) 

GET SMART - "Words Move" EP 

Lightweight post punk with sparse guitar and "modern" 
vocals. There are some interesting arrangements and 
hooks here, but they could use a heavier, more abra- 
sive backing. (JB) 
(Syntax-P.O.B. 493-Lawrence , KS 66044) 









HEART ATTACK - "God is Dead" EP 



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A strong debut by a young New York band, "God is 
Dead" is the first thrash punk song from the Big 
Apple, unless you consider the BAD BRAINS a New York 
outfit. The other songs are fast but more traditional 
stylistically. (JB) 
(Damaged Goods-« Wyngate Place-Great Neck, NY 11021) 



HUSKER DO - "In A Free Land" EP 

This band is one of the hottest, most awesome bands 
to ever walk onto a stage. They are not to be missed. 
Their first single was weak, and their LP was hard to 
make out, but this new single comes closest to cap- 
turing their raw, grating, high-speed velocity. 
Great! (RS) 
(New Alliance-P.O.B. 21-San Pedro, CA 90733) 



JODY FOSTER'S ARMY - "Blatant Localism" EP 

Phoenix skateboarders thrash out and come up with 
an EP full of classy teenage punk anthems. The guitar 
could be more grating, but the songs are fast, catchy, 
and pretty damn funny ("Beach Blanket Bong-Out"). 
Check it out today, and skate your troubles away. (JB) 
(JFA-c/o M. Cornelius-PHENIS-527 W. 13th St.-Tempe, 
AZ 85281) 



LEWD - American Wino LP 

First release from them in two years. Side 1 pre- 
sents the better aspects of the current line-up: 
more thrash out songs with good social commentary 
lyrics. A pleasant surprise. Side 2, on the other 
hand, is a live recording, and is more typically 
heavy-handed and nihilistic. At least most of the 
good songs are all on one side. (TY) 
(I.C.I. Records-P.O.B. 321-Hollywood , CA 90028) 

LOS REACTORS - "Be a Zombie/Laboratory Baby" 



Like their first 7", this is garage pop from the 
deep midwest. I'd classify it as garage punk if the 
guitar overwhelmed the Farfisa-type organ, but it 
doesn't so I won't. Pretty good in an unremarkable 
way, and the critical anti-conformist lyrics to 
"Zombie" prove that these Okies aren't from Muskogee. 
(JB) 
(P.O.B. 14046-Tulsa, OK 74104) 

LOST CAUSE - "Born Dead" EP 

Superior thrash punk from So.'Cal. with a roaring 
sound and more punch than most in a genre known for 
hitting power. Need I say more? Highly recommended. 
(JB) 
(High Velocity/no address) \ 

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MDC - Millions of Dead Cops LP mtroiitmHHi 

MDC, formerly the Texas STAINS, are one of the most 
politically-aware punk bands around today, and this 
record has enough food for thought to gorge the aver- 
age listener with ideas. The music is exceptionally 
fast but much more complex than the typical thrash 
attack, a combination that can be disorienting until 
the material becomes more familiar. My one complaint 
is that the mix emphasizes the vocals at the expense 
of the guitars, but this is still one of the year's 
best albums. (JB) 
(2440 16th Street-Box 103-San Francisco, CA 94103) 






MEATMEN - "Blood Sausage" EP 

Garage punkafits finest. Only someone as smart as 
Touch and Go fanzine editor Tesco Vee could be respon- 
sible for something this trashy. With its gritty 
sound and themes like infanticide, repressed sexuality 
and Beatlephobia , this EP is guarenteed to offend any- 
one with a speck of decency, so buy two and send one 
to the moral puritan of your choice. Me, I'm sending 
a copy to Senator Jesse Helms (R-North Carolina). 
(JB) 
( Touch and Go- P.O.B. 26203-Lansing, MI. 489Q91 



MERCENARIES - "For Hire" EP 



Medium tempo SF punk with anti-war lyrics (I think), 
a few experimental touches (especially on "Mercs for 
Hire"), and a guitar that could use a helluva lot 
more distortion. The main problem here is the lack 
of any discernable passion. (JB) 
(no address) 




MINOR THREAT - "In My Eyes" EP 



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Awesome thrash punk from D.C. This band has the 
kind of power and commitment that most groups only 
dream about. Not only does this blast right off the 
turntable, but the songs really stand out. One of 
the two or three best releases of 1981, no doubt 
about it. (JB) 
(Dischord-3819 Beecher Street NW-Washington, DC 20007) 

MR. EPP AND THE CALCULATIONS - "Of course I'm Happy, 
Why?" EP 

Weirdly-structured guitar raunch crammed with cyni- 
cism. Some of the cuts are fast ("Red Brigade") and 
some are slower with herky- jerky rhythms, but all of 
them stimulate thought. The vicious critique of fash- 
ion-clone punks ("Mohawk Man") is alone worth the 
price. (JB) 
(Pravda-P.O.B. 9609-Seattle, WA 98109) 

MISUNDERSTOOD - Before the Dream Faded LP 

An extremely talented 60's band from Riverside, CA 
that eventually emigrated to England to seek fame, 
fortune, and appreciation. This album, which contains 
some valuable unreleased material, showcases their 
powerful, guitar-oriented group with Asian influences 
in the YARDBIRDS' vein. Innovative records like this 
don't age with the passage of time. (JB) 
(Cherry Red-53 Kensington Gardens Square-London W25BA) 



OCTOBER DAYS - "West Coast/Don't Give Yourself Away" 

A really cool debut. "West Coast" is a satirical 
look at the California punk phenomenon which paradies 
the ADOLESCENTS' "Kids of the Black Hole." The flip 
is more strong mid-tempo punk with a short bridge 
that reminds me of the TURTLES! Recommended. (JB) 
(Clutch-12 Marvel Rd.-New Haven, CT 06515) 

100 FLOWERS - "Presence of Mind" EP 

I read that the URINALS decided to change their name 
so they could get gigs, but apparently it also sig- 
naled a change of musical direction. Only the speedy 
"Dyslexia" reminds one at all of the old URINALS on 
this EP: the others are examples of their slower neo- 
psychedelic approach. Personally, I'd prefer the 
return of the greatest garage band in the world, but 
then what do I know? 
(Happy Squid-P.O.B. 64184-L.A., CA 90064) 



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ORBITS - "Make the Rules/Phenomenal World" 



If you long for those great Irish punky pop groups 
J like the UNDERTONES, RUDI, and the MOONDOGS, you'll 
Klove this one. In addition, this Wisconsin bunch is 
— that rarest of birds- a political pop band ("Make 
A i he Rules"). A minor classic in a currently neglected 
Ssubgenre. (JB) 
2 (No. 1-no address) 

f OUTLETS - "Best Friends/Bright Lights" - Bomb^- 



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Power pop with real power. Loud, jangling guitars 
2 and exceptional catchiness make "Friends" one of the 
5 best examples of this style in a long time. The flip 
Pis more mundane, but the OUTLETS are getting better 
— with each release. (JB) 
■"(Modern Method-268 Newbury Street-Boston, MA 02116) 



OVENMEN - "Collectors Edition" EP 



Fast synth-drum machine music with politicized 
^ lyrics, sort of like punk without guitars. Interest- 
ing, but not for the narrow-minded. (JB) 
5(L. Lopes-144 Broadway-6th f loor-Williamsburg, NY 11211)15 






A REJECTORS - "Thoughts of War" EP 

Wild thrash punk in the FARTZ tradition, minus the 
P distinctive songwriting. For some reason, only "Fight 
- Establishment" and "Go Die" really stick in my head 
A later, probably because of their strong choruses. 
A Still, this EP is raw as hell and has great lyrics. 



(JB) 

(1112 South 21st Place-Seattle, WA 98148) ( 




- SADISTIC EXPLOITS - "Freedom/Apathy" 

A thinking person's punk 45 from Philly. Two polit- 
K ically sophisticated songs, one a thrasher ("Apathy"), 
P and the other slow and measured with a focus on the 
■ half-spoken, half-sung vocals. Recommended. (JB) 
A (P.O.B. 37-Upper Darby, PA 19082) 

i SAVAGE CIRCLE - "Kill Yourself" EP 

Short snatches of New York thrash with heavy echo 
A on the vocals. Not particularly original, thematically] 
a ("Hardcore Rules") or musically, but such efforts 
J still deserve support, 
f (2329 Vance Street-Bronx, NY 10469) 

A SEDITIONARIES - "Wherewolf/Shapes" 

"Wherewolf" is yet another entry in the So Cal 
j shock-humor-punk sweepstakes. It's pretty good if 
J you like that genre, and I guess it was inevitable 
I that LA punk would branch out somewhat. "Shapes" is 

4 a pedestrian punk cover of the old YARDBIRDS' 
A classic. (JB) 

5 (Rabid-no address) 

- SHELL SHXK - "Your Way" EP 

A strong new release from the only real underground 
| label in New Orleans. This EP offers '77-type punk 
R with a bite. Worth your attention. (JB) 
P (Vinyl Solution-4304 James Dr. -New Orleans, LA 70003) 

A SOCIETY SYSTEM DECONTROL - The Kids Will Have Their Say 
A LP 

P Boston is happening! SS DECONTROL fired the shots 

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SOLIDARITY - "Disarm/Destiny" 

A ska-ish band from So Cal. I was prepared to hate 
this, but it's not all bad. "Disarm" is fairly 
straight ska, but "Destiny" is an engaging ska-punk 
fusion with a super fuzz guitar. Progressive lyrics 
provide a further bonus, so check it out. (JB) 
(Marco Tostado-2604 Vuelta Grande Ave. -Long Beach, 
CA 90815) 

TEENAGE P0PEYE - "Modern Problems" EP 

"Life is Cheap" is cool garage punk with hilarious 
lyrics, and "Expectations" is punky enough to be OK. 
The rest is basic rock of the most boring type. (JB) 
(Alien Nation-716 W. Yardell #8-El Paso, TX 79902) 

TS0L - "Weathered Statues" EP 

A huge disappointment. This is so lame it's hard 
to believe TS0L put out one of the best punk EPs 
of 1981. "Man & Machine" is alright punk, "Statues" 
is embarassingly wimpy and pretentious, and the 
others sound like substandard out-takes from the LP. 
(JB) 
(Alternative Tentacles-P.O.B. 11458-S.F., CA 94101) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS - Flex Your Head LP 

A strong release of exceptional historical interest, 
but one thatfs a bit erratic and not always up to the 
standards set by Dischord's awesome 7" catalog. This 
record includes out-takes from all the core bands, as 
well as a sample of material by defunct bands like 
the UNTOUCHABLES and newer outfits like those on Side 
2. The thrash material ranges from good to great 
(MINOR THREAT, YOUTH BRIGADE) and the experimental 
punk of RED C and VOID is noteworthy for its power 
and originality. Oi clones IRON CROSS are a bad joke 
and the grooves are too compressed to yield maximum 
power , but these are minor gripes about a hot comp- 
ilation. (JB) 
(Dischord) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS - Not So Quiet on the Western Front 
Double LP 

We're in no position to be objective about this one, 
since we compiled it. All we'll say is that it fea- 
tures 47 No. Calif. & Nevada bands (a few known else- 
where, most not), and ranges from hardcore to garage. 
All cuts previously unreleased. Comes with 48-page 
zine on the bands. (TY). 
(Alternative Tentacles/Faulty) 

VARIOUS ARTISTS - Someone Got Their Head Kicked In LP 

An anti-violence compilation from the kids at 
Better Youth Organization- the folks that put on show: 
at Godzillas. Features tracks from L.A. , Santa Barbar. 
and San Diego bands SOCIAL DISTORTION, J0NSES, YOUTH 
BRIGADE, AGRESSION, ADOLESCENTS, BLADES, BATALLI0N OF 
SAINTS, and BAD RELIGION. Strong album, but not as 
thrashed-out as one might expect- tending more toward 
the melodic, but still hard. Great production. Pick 
it up. (TY) 
(BY0-P.0.B.. 67A64-L.A., CA 90067) JBfoji,. 

VARIOUS ARTISTS - This is Boston, Not L.A. LP 

This one's probably the best U.S. harcore compi- 
lation available. The material of course varies in 
quality, but all of it cooks. It's pretty hard to 
choose, but GANG GREEN has the fastest and most 
intense thrash attack, though JERRY'S KIDS come 
close. On the, other hand, the PROLETARIET and 










F.U.'a (especially "Preskool Dropouts") have the most 
perceptive lyrics. The FREEZE combine original 
lyrics with intelligent content, and DECADENCE weigh 
in with a critique of mindless, ultra-violent 
slamming. All in all, a great introduction to 
Boston's finest (excepting SS DECONTROL, who don't 
appear here). (JB) 
(Modern Method) 

VOX POP - "The Band, the Myth, the Volume" 12" EP 

LA Satanic chic by 45 GRAVE'S lesser shadow. 
"Become a Pagan" is a fast haunting chant with 
spooky vocals that would provide an excelllent 
soundtrack for pagan ritual dancing. The rest are 
slower dirges better suited to luded-out covens. (JB] 
(Mystic-6277 Selma-Hollywood, CA) 

WHOOM ELEMENTS - "Of Love/Men in Politics" 

This female trio from Austin play melodic, harmoni( 
music. But underneath that soft exterior are fine 
poets who say the obvious but not so obvious. "Men ii 
Politics" is a gem. (RS) 
(ESG-Austin, TX) 

WIPERS - "Romeo/No Solution" 

This band sucessfully combines punk and hardrock, 
much like early generation X and SUICIDE. Some tasty 
guitar work and nice fuzz, One of the few bands to 
make longer songs tolerable. B side is weak, (TY) 
(Trap Records-P.0.3. 42465-Portland, OR 97242) 

YOUTH BRIGADE - "Possible" EP 

A fantastic group with a chunkier sound and a 
slightly slower thrash attack than MINOR THREAT. 
"Pay No Attention" is an awesome musical steamroller 
and this EP would be perfect if they'd included the 
classic "I Object," but you can'-t expect everything. 
(JB) 
(Dischord) 



% ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT - "Future Girl/No Trust" 






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Standard UK punk, slow and passionless. "Future 
Girl" has a unique intro and a cool 60' s guitar break, 
but on the whole this effort isn't as strong as their 
"1980" debut. The vocals sound like Gene October of 
CHELSEA. (JB) 

(Glass-4 St. Chads Road-Chadwell Heath-Romford-Essex 
RM6 6JB) 

ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE - "I Hate People/Let's Break the 
Law" 

Reactionary bikers posing as punks put out a second 
heavy metal 45 as pathetic as their first. All the 
record industry hype and rich backers in the world 
won't make these do-dos popular unless punks have 
become as undiscriminating as conventional rock fans. 
(JB) 
(WXY-distributed by Faulty) 

ANTI-PASTI - "East to the West/Burn in Your Own 
Flames" 

Another excruciatingly boring release from this 
over-rated band. -Their attack is a slow-motion one, 
and I can hardly stay awake till its conclusion. The 
wimpy pop sound on this 45 makes it even worse than 
their usual offerings. (JB) 
(Rondelet-98 Marples Ave. -Mansfield Woodhouse- 



YOUTH GONE MAD - "Oki Dogs" EP 

LA punk with female lead vocals. Stylistically, 
it fluctuates between modern thrash and more tradi- 
tional punk. Surprisingly good for unknown band, 
and the song about Oki Dog- the infamous punk 
grazing ground- is hilarious. (JB) 
(no address) 

ZERO BOYS - Vicious Circle LP 

The best band from Hoosier territory since the PANICS 
and the early GIZMOS.The ZERO BOYS have managed to 
combine elements from the 60' s punk-STOOGES axis of 
their first EP (especially the great vocals) and 80 's 
thrash without losing anything in the process. This 
well-recorded album is varied enough to hold the 
interest of punk afficiondos from all eras, no small 
achievement. (JB) 

(Nimrod-P.O.B. 20052- Indianapolis. IN 46220) 

ZIPPERS - "I'm in Love" Mini LP 

The ZIPPERS return with a whimper rather than a 
bang, as might have been expected. This is undis- 
tinguished pop-rock without the faintest glimmer 
of originality. Ray Manzarek ought to be ashamed 
of his sickly production. (JB) 
(Rhino-11609 West Pico Blvd. -L. A., CA 90064) 



British Weakness Draws Attack 

U.K. 

I'm not all that Impressed with cur- 
rent Brltpunk. There are loads of new 
English releases, but most of them lack 
ferocity or originality. This is not 
meant as a blanket condemnation, only 
as a general observation. There are some 
Incredible UK groups, but they can eas- 
ily get lost In the shuffle of unorig- 
inal material , a si tuat I on wh Ich is p.ir- 
tl.illy attributable to the uncritical 
attitude adopted by people like Gory 
Oushell. 

"This is an accepted part of the English masochistic life " 



A ATTAK - "Today's Generation" EP 






Representative English punk circa 1982, with gruff 
Oi-inf luenced vocals grafted onto a typical punk 
background. "No Escape" is 'fucking hot, the rest 
merely ordinary. (JB) 

(No Future-3 Adelaide House-21 Wells Rd.-Malven, 
Worcs.) 



^ BLITZ - "Never Surrender/Razors in the Night" 

The best of the "skunk" bands comes up with a 

/ second terrific release. On this one the guitar 

O sound isn't quite as heavy and dense, but .it's more 

A than compensated for by the accelerated tempo. 

A A must. (JB) 

g (No Future) 



2 BUSINESS - "Smash the Discos" EP 

Generic Oi with a five-year old theme and a banal 
sound. Too little, too late. (JB) 
(Secret) 

CHAOS - "Burning Britain" EP 

A wild thrash attack makes this one a necessity. 
Better than 90% of the current crop of Britpunk. Why 
are there so few bands like this over there? (JB) 
(Riot City) , 



^ CHRON GEN - "Jet Boy, Jet Girl" EP 






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Super lame. Boring songs, weak guitar, and a general 
lack of imagination make this a waste of vinyl. CHRON 
GEN were much better on their debut EP, before they 
allowed themselves to be overproduced. Live and learn. 
(JB) 
(Secret) 



DEADMAN'S SHADOW - "Bomb Scare" EP 



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This group's first EP had a certain charm which they 
have now replaced with a leaden sound like that of 
label-mates ANTI-PASTI. The result is pretty non- 
descript. (JB) 
(Rondelet) 

DIRT - "Object Refuse, Reject Abuse" EP 

A great record that sounds exactly like CRASS at 
their vitriolic best. I'd swear it was CRASS if I 
didn't know better, but I am convinced that CRASS 
have mastered the cloning process. Seriously, this-.; 
is intelligent raw noise with a militaristic beat, 
so march out and buy it. 




RAMONES clones who sound more like the LURKERS 
except for some obvious vocal touches. Even so, these 
are the type of ^ood poppy tunes that "da brudders" 
don't seem capable of producing these days. I guess 
that's a recommendation. (JB) 
(Flicknife-82 Adelaide Grove-London W12) 



% EXPELLED - "No Life, No FuLure" EP 


Z I would have thought, it premature, but here's a 
Z band that's inspired by VICE SQUAD. Even though "What 
A Justice" is super fast and catchy, one VICE SQUAD is 
A enough, thank you. (JB) 
A (Riot City) 



release by the UK version of the PLASMATICS » 
in the besL song ever written ("Alternative"),® 



because this is the second LP (they also have four 
7"ers) that hammers away without mercy at the poten- 
tial hell of nuclear holocaust. The songs here tend 
to be a bit similar (repetitive riffs and some heavy- 
metal guitar), but the delivery is so powerful, the 
words so convincingly committed, that it's a winner. 
Much like watching a huge fire- horrifying, but 
riveting at the same time. (TY) 
(Clay Records) 

DISEASE - "No luture/1 Know How" 

With a name like DISEASE and a song title like "No 
Future," this record has to be punk, right? Wrong, 
it's weak posl-punk with squeaky-clean guitars. This 
is about as wimpy as ORANGE JUICE, so someone ought 
to sue them for false advertising. (JB) 
(Diseasc-559 Merrier Rd . -Sheffield) 

DISORDER - "Distortion to Deafness" EP 

A bona fide < lassie, manic thrash punk of the most 
intense kind. I'll is lip demonstrates that DISORDER is 
the very best punk group in the UK and the only one 
that can even approach Yank outfits like MINOR THREAT 
and the FART/ in terms of sheer power. If you get 
only one English record from 1981, this should be 
it. (JB) 



y EXPLOITED - "Attack/Alternative" 

A 

A The new 

A may conta 

JK with its snappy hook-laden chorus, raw power, and- 

J2 perhaps strangest of all- intelligent lyrics. Unfor- 

X tunately, the flip exemplifies their usual mediocre 

Z standards. (JB) 

^ (Secret) 

Z EXPLOITED - Troop of Tomorrow LP 

A 

% Lots of really fast H.C. stuff here, but you can't 

A tell what they're singing about- 

A maybe it's better this way. 

A these 'geniuses' are saying. 

A (Secret) 

^ GBH - "No Survivors" EP 

GBH are real fast and real powerful, but for some"! 
» reason I'm not wild about them. Their songs just are 
« not that distinctive and I have a nagging feeling 
A that they're all form and no content. Even so, "No 
A Survivors" is one of their best efforts 
g (Clay) 

A GONADS - "Pure Punk for Row People" EP 

A 

|K Very c lever and very funny, but all 

K from a music standpoint. Except for the 

% "Got any Wriggleys, John?'*, it's the 

K this one stand out. (Note the award-winning 

2 "I Lost my Love to a UK Sub"). (JB) 

« (Secret) 

A 

% INFA-RIOT - "The Winner/School's Out" 
g 

By no means special, but a vast improvement over 

A their first HM-punk release. Increased speed is the 

A differentiating factor rather than improved song- 

f A writing. (JB) 

g (Secret) 
A 

A INSANE - "El Salvador" EP 
A 

jg Disappointing. The sound is certainly heavy enough, 

X but it's too slow to keep up with their first thrash 

2 EP. Thematically sound but musically average, and I 

A could do without another version of the HEARTBREAKERS' 

g "Chinese Rocks." (JB) 

V. (No Future) 

4, INSTANT AGONY - "Think of England" EP 

g{ Your basic English punk here- steady beat, drone 
2 guitar, political protest lyrics. B side "Working 
2> Class" is catchy. Good looking sleeve, but best part 
is the name of the label. (TY) 



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funnypunk with a powerful sound and Oi 
This is the kind of record that it's 
fun to sing along with, especially 
drunk. (JB) 
Future) 

- "England's Glory /Greatest Show on Ear 

-punk hybrid which is kind of catchy 

have much impact. At least it's differen 

Madmen-47 Hallam Rd.-Clevedon, Avon) 

There's No Government like No 

litical punk group whose music isn'l 
81 wild enough to shake you up, though "Death to Hu- 
% manity" comes close. "Bottled Oi" is notable for 
^ its ironic feel .and its vicious critique of Oi 
4? mindlessness. (JB) 

Felthara Hill Rd.-Ashford, Middlesex) 

- LP 

groups VICE SQUAD, ORGANIZED CHAOS, 

COURT MARTIAL, CHAOS UK, DEAD KATSS, 
RESISTANCE '77, HAVOC, MAYHEM, EXPELLED, T.D.A., 
V UNDEAD, LUNATIC FRINGE, CHAOTIC DISCHORD. A few 
jg previously-released tracks, most not. Pretty good 
Jg collection. Favorites are by HAVOC and CHAOTIC D. 
* (TY) 

[Riot City) 




RUDIMENTARY PENI - "Farce" EP 

A better recorded 11-song follow-up to their first 
release, but loses speed and rawness in the process. 
A bit more post-punk influence here, and a bit more 
repetitive, but still strong. (TY) 
(Crass Records) 

SPECIAL DUTIES - "Police State" EP 

The third 7" from one of my favorite Oi bands. 
Though their amazingly gruff vocals and speedy 
tempo again lift them above the usual fare, none of 
these tracks is as irresistably catchy as "Violent 
Society." (JB) 

SUBHUMANS - "Big City" EP 




(TY) 
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^ RUDI _ "Crimson/14 Steps" 

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guitar-heavy pop band, 



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"Big City" is a really outstanding cut, fast and 
with a '77-style chorus. The rest is generic English 
punk rock. 
(Spider Leg-distributed by Rough Trade) 

TOTAL CHAOS - "There are no Russians in Afghanistan" 
EP 

An oddball release from a new funnypunk group 
featuring brilliant satire ("No Russians") and a 
snarling song sans guitars and bass ("Revolution 
#10"). Atypical and recommended for that reason. 
(JB) 
(Volume- distributed by Red Rhino) 

TRANSISTORS - "Riot Squad" EP 

A strong debut for this group. Real fast stan- 
dard punk throughout, none too original .but better 
than most. (JB) 
(Open Circuit-no address) 

VICE SQUAD - "Stand Strong" EP 

A band that's really deteriorated since their first 
two EPs. This new one, though not as bad as its 
immediate predecessor, barely halts the downward 
spiral. Beki seems bent on taking the same route as 
Siouxie, and the band appears content to follow 
lamely along. Only "Tomorrow's Soldier" packs a 
real wallop because of its straightforward nature 
and louder guitars. (JB) 
(Riot City) 

VIOLATORS - "Gangland/The Fugitive" 

Whether you call this slow punk or fast post-punk, 
it's got a certain flare. The buzzing guitars in 
"Fugitive", are attention getting, and the melody 
line sticks in your head. Give it a listen. (JB) 
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Australia, New Zealand, South Africa {! ), 
Mexico and anywhere else. This section 
wi 11 i nvari ably be smaller than the oth- 
ers, mainly because records from these 
areas are poorly distributed and we often 
have trouble getting ahold of them. I've 
liked a lot of what I have heard, but I 
can not do much unless more people send 
us copies to review. Please contact us' 

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HEADCLEANERS - "Disinfection" EP 

Manic thrash punk with gravelly Oi singing. With 
its speed and. intensity, this is probably the best 
record yet from Sweden. They thank BLACK FLAG, the 
DEAD KENNEDYS, DISORDER, and Dischord Records on 
their info sheet, which should give you some idea 
of their influences. (JB) . 
(Malign Massacre-Box 9004-Uppsala 9-Sweden) 

NEOS - "End all Discrimination" EP 

Possibly the fastest thrash garage punk ever re- 
corded. So fast that the music cannot be structur- 
ally confined and sometimes degenerates into total 
noise. Some might think it's too fast, but I really 
like the NEOS' combination of aural chaos and poli- 
tical conscience. (JB) 
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